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The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Emil Lee	Quick Take: optionsXpress's X-Factor The latest monthly results from the online broker prove inconclusive. Investors take note.
HBS Working Knowledge September 12, 2007 Nicolas P. Retsinas	Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure A look at what went wrong in the subprime industry and why.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2007 Rich Smith	Capital One's Imagination Takes Flight The credit-card company is offering a new hybrid rewards program for savers, with a yield that really does put something in your wallet, and gives you miles, too.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2007 Bill Mann	The World's Most Dangerous Bubble There is much talk recently from companies blaming the housing market crisis on a "perfect storm" scenario, thereby exonerating lenders and borrowers from any culpability. Is it warranted?
The Motley Fool September 12, 2007 Michael Goode	MVC Capital's on a Spending Spree Private-equity firm MVC reports its 15th straight profitable quarter, and with its recent $120 million sale of Baltic Motors, the company is looking for places to reinvest that cash.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 S.J. Caplan	No Free Lunch Regulators are still clamping down on "free lunch" scams targeted at seniors. A recent investigation has revealed these sessions to be high-pressure sales pitches of misleading claims and unsuitable financial products, and even fraud.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Seth Jayson	No Such Thing as Perfect Storms Unlike the words recently spoken by Washington Mutual's CEO, the current housing crisis is not a "perfect storm" situation that blew in from the ocean by chance. The mortgage crunch is the inevitable result of cheap money, opaque financial instruments, and widespread greed.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Goldman Digs In Its Heels Just when you might expect major financial institutions to get quiet, Goldman Sachs is doing just the opposite. The company is maneuvering itself to parlay today's troubles into tomorrow's opportunities; investors take note.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 David Lee Smith	TXU: The Buyout Flame Is Flickering The expanding credit crunch saves the TXU buyout, but will likely prevent others like it. You're unlikely to see another private-equity deal this big for a while.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2007 Kristen French	FPA Helps Firms Comply With B/d Exemption Ruling The Financial Planning Association is making an effort to help brokerage firms and their advisors comply with the D.C. Court of Appeals ruling that killed the broker/dealer exemption and fee-based brokerage accounts.
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