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		<title><![CDATA[Significant Risks to U.S. Bank Stocks Exist: Citigroup]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Citigroup said there are substantial risks facing U.S. bank stocks now, but in the near term these stocks can grind higher given a combination of the Federal Reserve's accommodative stance plus a modest recovery."Since there is above-average risk, we would remain very selective focusing on banks that have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:45:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BB&T Reports in Line Quarter, but YOY Decrease]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   BB&T Corporation&#8217;s BBT third quarter earnings of 23 cents per share were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. However, this compares unfavorably with earnings of 65 cents in the year-ago quarter. The year-over-year decrease in earnings was due primarily to a 94.8% increase in provision...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:49:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BB&T Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Mathew O&#8217;Connor &#8211; Deutsche Bank. Mathew O&#8217;Connor &#8211; Deutsche Bank Can you give a little more color the sale of some of the OREO&#8217;s that you did this quarter in terms of what you got versus what it was being...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:04:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BB&T Sees Trouble in Loans Tied to Southeastern Real Estate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  &#8220;BB&T bank out with its earnings, came out with $0.23 a share, a penny better than Thomson was looking for. Also talked about revenue of $2.8 billion in line&#8230;. Looking for non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets increasing 2.48% as of September 30th.&#8221; &#8212;...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:12:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earnings Preview: BB&T Corp.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BB&T Corp. BBT is expected to report Q3 earnings on Monday, October 19 before the market opens, with a conference call scheduled for 11 am ET.  Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of 22c on revenue of $2.15B. The consensus range is 2c-43c for EPS and $1.98B-$2.29B for revenue,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:42:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heavy Put Buying for BB&T Corp.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[optionMONSTER submits:  By Chris McKhann   Traders buying options with only a week to go until September options expire must have a driving reason to do so, and that is apparently the case with BB&T BBT. by optionMONSTER]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:24:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Colonial Assets Neither Pretty Nor Pleasant]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Bail submits:    Alexis Glick With Anti-TARP, BB&T CEO Kelly King On Colonial Bank, The FDIC & Sheila Bair by The Daily Bail]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:47:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BB&T: How to Buy Troubled Assets Without the Trouble]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BoneYard submits: Another chapter in "How to Make Money on the Governments Dime" has now been written.  BB&T's BBT acquisition of Colonial Bank CNB is complete and the House of Bair ("HOB") has ensured success and a healthy return. The deal: by BoneYard]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:09:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BB&T-Colonial Deal Illustrates It's the Big Bank Chiefs Who Win Again]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel M. Harrison submits:   Colonial BancGroup&#8217;s CNB quick fire-sale to regional North Carolina bank BB&T BBT offers an indication that the U.S. economy may be slowly recovering. But that&#8217;s small consolation to the large number of speculators who piled into the lender&#8217;s worthless penny shares in recent weeks,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:41:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Guaranty Financial: Private Equity Bidders Not Allowed Even as Monday's Deadline Approaches]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tyler Durden submits:  The Financial Times is reporting that even as the FDIC probably managed to avert disaster by pushing off Colonial on to BB&T's BBT lap on Friday, its troubles keep escalating. Sheila Bair is trying hard to sell Texas' Guaranty Financial GFG ahead of a Monday deadline,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:59:36 -0700</pubDate>
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