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Registered Rep. July 18, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Can't We All Just Get Along? FPA says FINRA Won't Do for NYSE/NASD It's back to the drawing board, again, for the National Association of Security Dealers. Its new name choice, FINRA, has been called too broad by the Financial Planning Association.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Rich Duprey	Easy Payday for First Cash The pawnshop broker and payday lender continues to cash in on diversified business. But next year may prove troublesome to investors.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	More M&A for M&I Marshall & Ilsley's got plenty of merger-and-acquisition activity ahead. Better yet, an upcoming spinoff may interest certain value investors.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Time to Turn the KeyCorp? KeyCorp's shift to core commercial and relationship banking may be paying some dividends, but in an industry where economies of scale matter, KeyCorp might be thinking too small.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Wells Fargo Makes Cents Two decades of consistent double-digit quarterly growth are proof of the success of Wells Fargo's customer-focused strategy.
Registered Rep. July 16, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Bear's Cayne: Cheating At Golf? A three-member committee at the Hollywood Country Club in Deal, N.J. is reportedly looking into whether Cayne changed his golf scores to take home a tournament victory.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Tim Hanson	An Unexpected Market Opportunity Sometimes great growth is where you least expect it. India's HDFC is pursuing much of its growth in non-metro, underserved markets. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	Will Barclays Boost Bankers' Bid? A competing offer for banking giant ABN AMRO is sweetened, but not raised. Whichever bid ultimately wins out, the deal will be the largest banking merger ever, surpassing even the $57 billion deal that created Bank of America.
Registered Rep. July 13, 2007 John Churchill	Drink Pepsi, Raise The Dead SIRA may soon be FINRA. The newly formed Securities Industry Regulatory Authority is searching for a new name after learning that the old one had more than one meaning.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2007	Matthew P. MacMichael, Sr. A short interview with a registered rep. on what makes his practice successful.
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