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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Votes On Financial Reforms, But At What Cost?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10003267/sec-votes-on-financial-reforms-but-at-what-cost/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The potential downsides to SEC reforms reveal how tough regulatory decisions that benefit everyone genuinely are. by Daniel M. Harrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:17:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why We Need a New Agency to Protect Consumers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/article/why-we-need-a-new-agency-to-protect-consumers-/319507/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Harvard Law professor and TARP overseer Elizabeth Warren explains  why Obama's proposed new watchdog would help bankers as much as consumers.     	Unlike many other consumer crusaders, Warren had the clout  to get her ideas taken seriously. The head of the congressional panel overseeing ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Case Against Financial Planners]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/consumer-reporter/the-case-against-financial-planners/121/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[All hot and botheredÂ I was last week to write about James Putman. He is a past president of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors NAPFA, aÂ white-shoe trade organization whose members pledge not to take commissions on any financial products (mutual funds, annuities and insurance, for example) and to adhere...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:01:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: Citi Reaches U.S. Deal, "Say on Pay" Sped Up, WaMu Brings Savings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000491/financial-roundup-citi-reaches-us-deal-say-on-pay-sped-up-wamu-brings-savings/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Citi reaches deal with U.S. -- After days of intense negotiating, the U.S. government has reached a deal to exchange $25 billion in emergency bailout money for a 36 percent equity stake in Citigroup. Shareholders will see their ownership shrink to 26 percent and dividends on common shares are being...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:18:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: "Stress Test" Due, Questions at Citi, SEC to Grill Bank Directors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank "stress tests" due -- President Barack Obama, scheduled to address Congress and the nation on the matter tonight, will push for stress tests later this week to check the health of 20 of the country's largest banks. Obama's aim is to identify future loan problems and dispel a cloud...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:39:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: Obama to Guarantee Private Equity, Probe Bank Chiefs, Directors, Cramdowns Lightened Up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000440/financial-roundup-obama-to-guarantee-private-equity-probe-bank-chiefs-directors-cramdowns-lightened-up/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama to unlock lending -- President Barack Obama is drawing up a plan to subsidize the profits of big private investment firms in bond markets. As much as $1 trillion could be spent for guarantees to hedge funds and private equity firms so they will continue buying securitized consumer and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:08:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Obama's Financial Regulation Is Shaping Up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000286/how-obamas-financial-regulation-is-shaping-up/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Â Just a week after his inauguration, Barack Obama's plans to regulate the financial industry are starting to take shape.    Nothing definite has been put together yet and whatever does evolve must get through Congress and possibly hostile Republican opposition. But it is clear that an entirely new...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:15:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Watch for Bitter Proxy Season Over Pay For Bailed-Out Execs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1629]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Battling lines are being drawn in what should be a raucous proxy season. Topic A is compensation for top executives of big financial firms that got federal bailouts.    A few groups have submitted resolutions seeking to curb executive pay. One led by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:23:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: Blood at BofA, Ken Lewis's Curious Date, SEC Not to Blame, Credit Card Debt Up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000240/financial-roundup-blood-at-bofa-ken-lewiss-curious-date-sec-not-to-blame-credit-card-debt-up/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Blood in the halls at BofA -- Some 20 high-ranking Bank of America executives have been let go as the company gears up to take over Merrill Lynch which will lead to up to 35,000 job losses overall.. The cuts involve executives just a tier down from the top and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:56:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: SEC Decides To Keep Mark-To-Market, Citadel Retreats, New Bank Failure, Mortgage Mess]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000226/financial-roundup-sec-keeps-mark-to-market-citadel-exits-asia-new-bank-failure-more-mortgage-mess/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark-to-market sticking around - Despite protests from the banking industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission will not suspend the controversial mark-to-market accounting rule. Some in the banking industry have blamed the accounting rule for worsening the credit crunch. The SEC, however, is open to discussing ways to refine the rule's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:21:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: LandAmerica Leaves Investors Hanging, GAO Urges Faster Bailout Controls, Small Business Credit Available, Go Bankrupt and Face the SEC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000217/financial-roundup-landamerica-leaves-investors-hanging-gao-urges-faster-bailout-controls-small-business-credit-available-go-bankrupt-and-face-the-sec/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors trapped in LandAmerica bankruptcy -- Hundreds of real estate investors are scrambling to recover their money from what were to be low risk and brief investments with title insurance firm LandAmerica Financial Group. The Richmond, Va.-based firm declared bankruptcy last week after a merger with a rival failed. [Source:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:40:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ten Things About Financial Statement Fraud - Second Edition]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=953623]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite stringent historic legislation such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act aimed at combating fraud - and despite enforcement efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Department of Justice - financial statement fraud remains a public concern. But just what types of fraud...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU Moves to Regulate the Rating Agencies; SEC Should Follow Suit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F105986-eu-moves-to-regulate-the-rating-agencies-sec-should-follow-suit%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Brown submits:  It&#8217;s about time. European regulators have at last proposed rules to prevent the rating agencies (perhaps the biggest villains of this whole credit crackup, in my view) from ever again helping drive the global financial system into the abyss. Not a moment too soon! The rules...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:06:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Obama's Victory Means for Financial Services]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesdayâ€™s sweeping Democratic victory and historic win for Barack Obama will have important consequences for a financial services industry wracked by deep crisis.    Obama will have little time for a honeymoon as he confronts critical and immediate problems with freeing up credit and bolstering credit in Americaâ€™s...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exelon Details the Value Creation Opportunities in an Exelon-NRG Combination]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Oct_29/ai_n30941071]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Exelon points to financial strength and growth potential for shareholders of both companies  CHICAGO -- Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) today filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and posted to its Web site a presentation for investors with additional details on the value that would be created by its offer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Mark to Market" Accounting: Amend It, Don't Suspend It]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Criticized for worsening the financial crisis, "mark to market" accounting needs to be amended but not suspended, panelists said at an SEC roundtable discussion today.    "Breaking or tweaking the thermometer while the doctor is examining the patient isn't going to save him but we need to set...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:37:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internet Brands, Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Record revenues and Adjusted EBITDA of $26.9 million and $9.1 million  * Adjusted EBITDA increases 20% from third quarter of 2007  * Net income of $0.08 per share, excluding non-cash foreign currency loss  * Company re-affirms full year 2008 guidance  LOS ANGELES -- Internet Brands,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[White River Capital, Inc. Announces Share Repurchase Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS -- White River Capital, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: RVR) ("White River") today announced that its Board of Directors approved a program to repurchase, from time to time and subject to market conditions, up to 150,000 shares of White River's outstanding common stock, without par value, on the open market...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Highland Distressed Opportunities, Inc. Provides Additional Information Regarding Upcoming Conference Call]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- Highland Distressed Opportunities, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: HCD) announced on October 23, 2008 that it will report financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 on Thursday, November 6, 2008 after the close of the financial markets.  The Company invites all interested persons to participate in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Industrial Minerals Engages RBC Capital Markets as Financial Advisor]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200810/ai_n30945189]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Industrial Minerals Inc. (OTCBB: IDSM) has engaged RBC Capital Markets, a division of the Royal Bank of Canada, as financial advisor with respect to strategic options facing the company. The engagement is for a term of 12 months with success fee based compensation for completion of a transaction.  Industrial...]]></description>
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