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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[Fifth Third Bancorp Q3 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptFifth Third Bancorp FITB Q3 2009 Earnings Call October 22, 2009 08:00 AM ET Executives Kevin Kabat - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Poston - Chief Financial Officer Mary Tuuk - Chief Risk Officer Mahesh Sankaran - Treasurer Jim Eglseder - Investor Relations Analysts Paul...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:34:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financials: Why Doesn't Sell-Side Realize the Value?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Brown submits:  Take a look at the following, which appears in the valuation section of a sell-side report out last week on Fifth Third Bancorp FITB, initiating coverage with a &#8220;Market Perform&#8221; rating.      [W]e have opted for a price-to-tangible book value methodology, in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:08:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fifth Third Eyes FDIC Deals]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Fifth Third Bancorp FITB is planning to acquire banks with the assistance of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC. The company intends to expand within its operating footprint instead of venturing beyond that. While the company has already evaluated some of the FDIC-assisted purchases, the deposit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:08:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Expect More Charge-offs from Fifth Third Bancorp]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB - Analyst Report) expects its loan charge-offs to increase in the third quarter primarily due to the increase in charge-offs associated with the Shared National Credit [SNC] examination which has been recently conducted by regulators. The company also expects its non-performing assets...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:31:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commercial Loan Losses Cast Shadow Over Regional Banks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research Recap submits:   Excerpted from Rising Commercial Loan Losses Cast A Long Shadow Over U.S. Banks   Despite some hopeful signs of relief for U.S. banks in second-quarter 2009, the next several quarters likely will continue to be a struggle, especially for small regional institutions, Standard &...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:31:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp FITB   Q2 2009 Earnings Call   July 23, 2009 9:00 am ET]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:24:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Brian Foran &#8211; Goldman Sachs. Brian Foran &#8211; Goldman Sachs I guess, when I put together all your comments, the different comments you made about pre-provision, and I know there's a lot of moving parts with FTPS and the net...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:24:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Phoenix Report Card: Fears About China Coming Soon]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cam Hui submits:   I have often written about the Phoenix effect. On February 24, I posted that speculators could take a punt on Phoenix because the market was so oversold:  While I wouldn&#8217;t recommend it, speculators could try to get long a basket of Phoenix stocks for...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Betsy Graseck - Morgan Stanley. Betsy Graseck - Morgan Stanley Couple of questions, one could you talk through a little bit about the new loan growth that you&#8217;re generating and the degree to which it is sourced from existing customers,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:06:13 -0700</pubDate>
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