Strategy & Management

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Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Kristen French	Vanguard to Advisors: Let's Snuggle Now that the fund giant's founder is retired, the company is tinkering with its business model to appeal to registered investment advisors, particularly for its VIPER exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Bill Singer	A Rule Not Meant to Be Broken This Prudential Securities manager's major mistake was in giving his computer's username and password to the new administrative manager. Had he been more truthful about his password (mis)management earlier in the process, the matter might well have been settled in-house.
Fast Company September 2005	Integrity Matters Survey responders said integrity was sorely lacking among leaders in large corporations, governmental agencies, and the media. Jack Welch and Steve Jobs were rated as those who represent great leadership.
Financial Advisor September 2005 David Lawrence	Creating A Virtual Administrative Assistant Moving closer to the goal of a virtual administrative assistant may require some creative thinking on how you do business. The technology to tackle routine office chores is out there: IBM's ViaVoice... ScanSoft's Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Version 8... Dictomail by Admiral... etc.
Inc. September 2005 Bo Burlingham	The Anatomy of a Sale -- Ours Inc. was recently the focus of a business drama with valuable lessons about what a company is worth -- in the marketplace and to the people who work for it.
Inc. September 2005 John Brant	What One Man Can Do Bill Strickland has brought hope into lives in Pittsburgh, and is looking to set up inner-city community centers around the country. He also gives motivational talks to M.B.A.s and business leaders.
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz	Commercial Payments: From Many, One All the major players - banks, corporations, regulators and vendors - are attempting to standardize and simplify the commercial payments process. But, everyone seems to have a different idea as to the best way to do so.
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Ivan Schneider	The 5 Percent Solution Achieving the 5 percent IT budget savings for banks will require an extended reach of SWIFTNet beyond its current functions into as-of-yet untrodden pathways.
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz	Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due Even though much of banks' future, nonmerger-related growth will be derived from the unbanked or underbanked, some banks might feel the use of alternative data in granting credit to this segment is too risky.
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Katherine Burger	Shop Till You Drop? Not only will Wal-Mart eventually seek banking powers, its customers will want that to occur. And if it's not Wal-Mart, it will be Starbucks, Amazon, Whole Foods or some other entity that knows how to combine tech-savvy with customer insight and creativity.
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