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		<title><![CDATA[M&A Buyers: Pay Us a Fee and We'll Consider Buying You]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The M&A market sure is different when it consists entirely of sellers. Sovereign Bancorp SOV, market cap $1.9 billion, says it turned down a $4 billion buyout offer last month. I can&#8217;t say as I blame it: by Matt Stichnoth]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:52:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/matt+stichnoth.html"><![CDATA[Matt Stichnoth]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank Exposure to Freddie/Fannie Securities: Do Your Homework]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Smicklas submits: Much has been made of bank exposure to Fannie Mae FNM and/or Freddie Mac FRE securities exposure. This is to be expected given the current state of affairs. The following examples of financial institutions and their exposure, as disclosed on or about July 20, 2008, should be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:42:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/bb%2526t+corp..html"><![CDATA[BB&T Corp.]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/synovus+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[Synovus Financial Corp.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[New York City Real Estate: As Good As T-Bills?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F94558-new-york-city-real-estate-as-good-as-t-bills%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Bernstein submits: Last year investors were touting New York City multi-family rental properties as being as low risk as T-bills, but with upside. The upside was to be generated by "repositioning." In many cases, this was code for throwing out rent-controlled/stabilized tenants and capturing the arbitrage versus free market...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:39:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/capital+one+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[Capital One Financial Corp.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ten Banks That Will Be Hurt by the Takeover of Fannie and Freddie]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government takeover of Fannie Mae FNM and Feddie Mac FRE should be a positive for most banks.  The deal will lower mortgage rates and will also allow the Treasury Department to purchase mortgage-backed securities from firms in the open market.  That will allow a lot of mortgage paper that is currently clogging the system to start...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:37:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/astoria+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[Astoria Financial Corp.]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/cathay+general+bancorp.html"><![CDATA[Cathay General Bancorp]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/city+national+corp..html"><![CDATA[City National Corp.]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/flushing+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[Flushing Financial Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/financial+institutions+inc..html"><![CDATA[Financial Institutions Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fifth+third+bancorp.html"><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/frontier+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[Frontier Financial Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/gateway+financial+holdings+inc..html"><![CDATA[Gateway Financial Holdings Inc.]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/synovus+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[Synovus Financial Corp.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fannie-Freddie Fallout Will Hit Gateway Financial and Midwest Banc]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F94369-fannie-freddie-fallout-will-hit-gateway-financial-and-midwest-banc%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Edward Harrison submits: If you are looking for the fallout from the Fannie and Freddie Nightmare on Wall Street, look no further than Gateway Financial GBTS and Midwest Banc MBHI. These two regional banks have nearly one-third of their capital tied up in GSE preferred stock, which is now worthless....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:11:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/gateway+financial+holdings+inc..html"><![CDATA[Gateway Financial Holdings Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/midwest+banc+holdings+inc..html"><![CDATA[Midwest Banc Holdings Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sovereign Bancorp's GSE Preferreds: What Was the Company Thinking?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F92659-sovereign-bancorp-s-gse-preferreds-what-was-the-company-thinking%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Vernon Hill submits: How in the world did Sovereign Bancorp SOV end up with $632 million in Fannie FNM and Freddie FRE preferred? It&#8217;s far from clear what if anything that paper will be worth in the event of a government bailout&#8212;yet the company owns so much that a writedown...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:30:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fannie+mae.html"><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers Take-over: Implications for Financials]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F92289-lehman-brothers-take-over-implications-for-financials%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Benjamin Mackovak submits: I thought it would be interesting to take a look at what a Lehman LEH take-over would imply for the valuation of financials. I ran a screen for financials with market caps above $900m that trade in the US and trade below current book value. I then...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:17:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/american+capital+strategies+ltd..html"><![CDATA[American Capital Strategies Ltd.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/americredit+corp..html"><![CDATA[AmeriCredit Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/allied+capital+corp..html"><![CDATA[Allied Capital Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/associated+banc-corp..html"><![CDATA[Associated Banc-Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/bank+of+america+corp..html"><![CDATA[Bank of America Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/citigroup+inc..html"><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/comerica+inc..html"><![CDATA[Comerica Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/cna+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[CNA Financial Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/colonial+bancgroup+inc..html"><![CDATA[Colonial BancGroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/capital+one+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[Capital One Financial Corp.]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/fifth+third+bancorp.html"><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sovereign+bancorp+inc..html"><![CDATA[Sovereign Bancorp Inc.]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/wachovia+corp..html"><![CDATA[Wachovia Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/webster+financial+corp..html"><![CDATA[Webster Financial Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/washington+mutual+inc..html"><![CDATA[Washington Mutual Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-225612.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We will pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of James Abbott with FBR. Kirk Walters Good morning. James Abbot - FBR  Hi, good morning. I looked at the non-interest bearing deposit line, which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:15:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Affirms Sovereign Bancorp's Ratings on New Equity Issue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_May_12/ai_n25406238]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term Issuer Default Ratings IDRs of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. SOV at 'BBB-' and Sovereign Bank at 'BBB'. A complete list of ratings is included at the end of this release.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sovereign Bancorp Announces $1.0 Billion Common Stock Offering]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2008_May_12/ai_n25406714]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, May 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. ("Sovereign or the Company") , parent company of Sovereign Bank ("Bank") today announced the public offering of $1.0 billion of shares of its common stock.  Lehman Brothers Inc. is acting as the sole book-running manager of the offering.  The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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