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BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Profiting From Mortality Death bonds may be the most macabre investment scheme ever devised by Wall Street. What especially worries regulators are so-called stranger- initiated deals, in which an investor persuades people to take an expensive policy and lends them money for the premium.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Life Settlements: Betting on Death From the Lowinger clan to hedge funds, investors are cashing in on the business of trading unwanted life insurance policies. But buyers should be wary.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Dawn Kopecki	Why Fannie And Freddie Are Fidgety The financial giants are loaded down with dicey loans as defaults increase.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Aaron Pressman	Trouble Is His Business Fund manager John Schneider is ringing up impressive results by focusing on stocks under siege.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007	A Sluggish Quarter at PNC: Fool by Numbers Quarterly earnings at PNC Financial Services show weakened returns from private equity, increased non-performing assets, and generally disappointing figures.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Board Members With Backbones at TNCC Three of 13 members quit over executive compensation issues. Then there is the suspicious timing of the release of those resignations, and a Nasdaq notification of compliance problems. What's going on at Tennessee Commerce Banking anyway?
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 S.J. Caplan	BlackRock Looking Like a Jewel The hot asset manager reports sparkling earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Emil Lee	US Bancorp's Masked Momentum Amid a tough environment, the bank awaits its chance to shine. It doesn't take a Harvard MBA to figure out that the market might be undervaluing the company.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Bear Gets Mauled The financial services sector has been under pressure lately, but Bear has taken a bigger hit than average -- it's now down 18% since the beginning of the year. At this point, it looks like Bear may have a raft of hedge fund investor lawsuits to look forward to.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Emil Lee	For Richer or for Interactive Broker Interactive Broker shares could make you richer. Investors, the company has a credible track record of growth, profitability, and high returns on capital.
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