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CIO September 15, 2003 Todd Datz	Merrill Lynch's Billion Dollar Bet Next month, Merrill Lynch plans to roll out a new $1 billion platform built by an all-star team of vendors and one general contractor with an unusual role. If successful, how Merrill managed it all may point the way to the future of IT outsourcing.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 David Fairlamb	The ECB's New Boss Is Jean-Claude Trichet the central banker Europe needs?
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 John Rossant	Out from under Lyonnais' Shadow When the French government bailed out Credit Lyonnais in 1993, it was the biggest, bloodiest, and most costly bank restructuring in postwar European history. It also nearly ended Jean-Claude Trichet's chance at the job of a lifetime as head of the European Central Bank.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough.
OCC Bulletin September 9, 2003	Public Welfare Investments A final rule amends 12 CFR 24 to further define additional types of public welfare investment structures by national banks and simplify the standards for making public welfare investments, among other changes.
U.S. Banker September 2003 John Engen	The Reality of Perception It's a good thing Mitch Caplan is all work and no play. Caplan took the helm after E*Trade Financial's eclectic and outspoken CEO Christos Cotsakos resigned under pressure from the board. It was Caplan's job to overcome tainted perceptions and an old-hat image.
U.S. Banker September 2003 Holly Sraeel	Mergers, Main Street And Staying Independent Privately held banks are benefitting from big-bank sprawl, picking off customers from their larger brethren with more intimate customer service and strong ties to the community.
U.S. Banker September 2003 Michael Dumiak	Still Water Stirring Buyouts and mergers in the financial sector were sluggish at mid-year, with names changing places in the league tables, but the deals looking the same. But economists say optimism is returning to the executive suite, and with that comes ambition and deal-making. The Southeast looks set to heat up.
U.S. Banker September 2003 Michael Dumiak	Personality Crisis Yards from Wall Street, stars are set to come out: When superbanker Frank Quattrone goes on trial in a few weeks, sticky late-summer Manhattan's federal court will need just a spark to ignite all that high octane mixed with air-conditioning.
OCC Bulletin September 3, 2003	Removal, Suspension, and Debarment of Accountants from Performing Annual Audit Services The attached final rule, published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2003, concerns the removal, suspension, and debarment of accountants from performing annual audit and attestation services.
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