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EvergreenBancorp Reports Impact of Visa Litigation
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EvergreenBancorp, Inc. (OTCBB:EVGG), the holding company for EvergreenBank, today announced that it will record a fourth quarter 2007 pretax
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Synovus Completes Spin-off of TSYS
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Synovus (NYSE: SNV: 10.93, +0.11, +1.01%), the Columbus, Georgia-based financial services company, today announced that it completed the spin-off to Synovus' shareholders
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Business people
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Creative Corporate Catering, New Hope, named Cathi Lapkin president after the sudden death of her husband, Bob Lapkin. Teri Dullnig,
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LIOC ties up with LOLC to offer financial services
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As part of its marketing policy, the Sri Lankan arm of the Indian Oil Corp (LIOC) has entered into an agreement with the financial services group the Lanka ORIX Leasing Co (LOLC)
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Financial services, manufacturing and engineering businesses made news
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Aside from the Pfizer Inc. closure announcement and woes in the real estate market, the year 2007 saw a flurry of activity in the local business scene.
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Feds investigate Academic Financial Services
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"It made me angry and it broke my heart!" That's the way Carole Banks feels about her former employer, Academic Financial Services, AFS.
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Developer makes key gift to Anderson School
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Real estate developer Steven Jackson has made a "generous" donation to the Anderson School of Management
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Bibby Financial Services Announces Appointment of VP of Operations, Dominique F. Villarreal
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Bibby Financial Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Dominique F. Villarreal, VP of Operations for their new Houston location.
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GE Corporate Lending Provides $325 Million to Sportsman's Warehouse
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GE Commercial Finance Corporate Lending today announced it provided a $325 million asset-based credit facility to Sportsman's Warehouse
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The Allstate Corporation at Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference - Final
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TOM CHOLNOKY, ANALYST, GOLDMAN SACHS: Hi, my name is Tom Cholnoky, and I'm here to introduce XL Capital.
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Ameriprise Financial, Inc. at Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference - Final
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I'd like to thank everyone for joining us for our Annual Financial Services CEO Conference, with our annual goal of accomplishing a clear investment thesis
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Financial services company owner ordered to repay nearly $100,000
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The owner of a Fargo financial services company has been given 30 days to repay nearly $100,000 for selling unregistered securities
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New York Life Retirement Plan Services Sees Uptick in Auto-Enrollment and Managed Savings One Year
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As a result of the Pension Protection Act (PPA: 19.81, -0.06, -0.30%) of 2006, New York Life Retirement Plan Services, a division of New York Life Investment Management
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Hardy United Bank's new financial services officer
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United Bank announced the promotion of Renee C. Hardy to financial services officer. Hardy joined the United Bank team in June of 2004.
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Investors wary of financial sector look to profit elsewhere
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Financial stocks often have been bellwethers for the economy and lately they've been flashing a warning signal.
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CoBiz Financial to Acquire Bernard, Dietrich & Associates (BDA)
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CoBiz Financial (Nasdaq: COBZ), a $2.3 billion financial services company headquartered in Denver, today announced an agreement to acquire all the assets
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Burntsand Signs $1.4 Million in Contract Extensions for Leading Financial Services Client
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Burntsand Inc. (Burntsand) (TSX:BRT), a North American Integrated Information Management services company, today announced the signing of contracts valued at $1.4
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Lottomatica Announces That It and Subsidiaries GTECH Corporation and GTECH Global Services Corp.
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Lottomatica S.p.A. (Pink Sheets: LTTOY) announced that the Nevada Gaming Commission voted unanimously to permit it, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries
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GSI Commerce gets contract with financial services company
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GSI Commerce Inc. said Friday it has signed a multiyear contract extension with a global financial services company to continue servicing the company's loyalty
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Banks spar over broker-raiding claims
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Wachovia Corp. says it did "nothing improper" in wooing PNC Financial Services' securities professionals and their clients
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Financial Services Innovator Replaces NEON for Improved Reliability
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When Astute, a provider of innovative online value-added services for financial advisers, required a reliable and well-supported alternative solution
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Dell Financial Services Buyout Could Be Boon to Dell Partners
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Dell said that by exercising its option to buy out CIT's 30 percent ownership, it opens the door to programs specifically tailored to channel partner needs.
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Mortgage woes hit LI's financial services sector hard
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During the second half of this year, Long Island's economy has progressed along two distinct tracks: Even as fundamentals like employment
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Discover Financial Services "equal weight," target price reduced
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Analyst Bruce W Harting of Lehman Brothers reiterates his "equal weight" rating on Discover Financial Services (ticker: DFS),
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GE Healthcare Financial Services Closes $123.5 Million Deal with Ambulatory Services of America
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GE Healthcare Financial Services has provided $123.5 million in senior credit facilities to Ambulatory Services of America, Inc. of Nashville, Tennessee.
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Interfor Delivers Physical and IT Security Services to Help Financial Firms Minimize Risk
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Industry's first integrated physical and IT security assessment identifies vulnerabilities, reduces fraud and operational risk exposure.
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Kingsway Financial Services president and CEO to retire
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Kingsway Financial Services Inc (TSX:KFS) (NYSE:KFS), a truck and non-standard automobile insurer, said on 17 December that its founder William G Star
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Kate Woerheide Joins The Buckingham Family of Financial Services
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Kate Woerheide has joined The Buckingham Family of Financial Services as a Marketing Associate.
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Document Sciences Announces New Contracts Solution for Financial Services Market
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xPressContracts mitigates risk while streamlining contract initiation, negotiation and management
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ThinkEquity Standardizes on Salesforce for Financial Services
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Global growth investment bank implements industry's leading on-demand CRM service; leverages the Force.com platform to build and integrate custom applications
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Rock Hill school district to see new faces in financial services
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A reshuffling at the Rock Hill school district will put some top administrators in new positions.
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AP Interview: PNC still strong in 2007
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The top executive of PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE:PNC PRD) (NYSE:PNC PRC) (NYSE:PNC) says an expected decline in earnings from weakening housing and mortgage markets
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Dollar Financial Corp Announces Completion of Acquisition of 82 Financial Services Stores
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Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ:DLLR), a leading international financial services company serving under-banked consumers
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Ckrush, Inc. Signs Investment Banking Services Agreement With New Castle Financial
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Ckrush, Inc. (OTCBB: CKRU) announced today that it has entered into an investment banking agreement with New Castle Financial Services of Melville
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Confluence Sees Automation as Key to Rising above the Financial Services “Reporting Jungle” in 2008
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Automating Fund Administration is Essential for Surviving Pile-On of New Reporting Requirements Affecting Managed Investment Products, while Reducing Risks and Costs
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Golden Gateway Financial Launches Online Services to Ease Retirement Dilemma With New Innovations
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Addressing the alarming retirement shortfall of aging Americans who nonetheless hold trillions of dollars in home equity
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Financial planner Scott Morrow joins HVFCU Financial Services
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Scott Morrow, a certified financial planner, has joined HVFCU Financial Services at Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union.
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Arriving in 2008
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As part of its decision to keep its headquarters in Farmington Hills, Daimler Financial Services Americas will make a $100,000 donation
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BOE Financial Services of Virginia to merge with CBAC
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BOE Financial Services of Virginia, TransCommunity Financial Corporation and Community Bankers Acquisition have announced that BOE and CBAC have entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger providing for the merger of BOE with and into CBAC.
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ANTs completes database migration for financial services company
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ANTs software has completed the off-site migration and testing for a global financial services company to re-host a production application from Sybase to the Oracle database using the ANTs Compatibility Server.
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Howard Education Notes
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HCC is scheduling orientation classes
Howard Community College will offer new-student orientation sessions from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 22 and 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 24.
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No signs of worry at PNC after change in earnings estimate
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PNC Vice Chairman William Demchak was in New Jersey and Philadelphia on Friday, touring the company's East Coast offices and reviewing hiring plans for 2008.
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Top Five Tips for 2007 Year End from Financial Experts at Harris Private Bank
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Investing, personal finance and tax advice to jump start 2008 finances
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Hartford Financial Services Group to acquire Sun Life Retirement Services (US) Inc
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The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE: HIG), a diversified financial services company, said on 13 December
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BOE Financial Services to be acquired by Community Bankers for $52M
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BOE Financial Services of Virginia Inc. (NASDAQ:BSXT) Friday said it entered an agreement to be acquired by Community Bankers Acquisition Corp. (AMEX:BTC)
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Navidec Financial Services Expands Mortgage Operations
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Navidec Financial Services, Inc. announced today, that its subsidiary, Northsight, Inc., has completed an agreement with Jaguar Group
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Form 4 Oracle: Boston, MA -- Form4Oracle: Insider Trading Report: Hallmark Financial Services Inc
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Donnell Curtis R, President of Operating Unit at Hallmark Financial Services Inc (HALL) has reported buying $30.40K today.
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US looks to London for regulatory model
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It was probably music to the ears of the City of London luminaries gathered in the ancient Guildhall this week: a top US Treasury
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UMES named in student-loans probe
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is among 63 colleges that participated in a "deceptive" revenue-sharing scheme with a Florida student-loan marketing firm
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"Green" Initiatives Growing in Financial Services, New Report Says
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On Tuesday, the TowerGroup announced that it has found that while the impact of the financial services industry on the environment isn't as strenuous as that of the coal
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Student Financial Services Latest to Settle with New York Attorney General
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Florida-based lender Student Financial Services has agreed to a settlement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum over questionable loan marketing tactics
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Florida Lender to End `Kickback' Ties to Colleges (Update3)
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Student Financial Services Inc., the Clearwater, Florida, student loan provider, agreed to end revenue-sharing relationships
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Financial Services Industry Banks on Varonis Data Governance Software to Manage Unstructured Data
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Deployments in Institutions Like People’s United Bank Demonstrate the Critical Role Varonis’ Award-winning Software is Playing in Data Protection and Management
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Nationwide Financial® Adds Low-Cost, Income Options to America’s marketFLEX® Variable Annuities
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Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:NFS), has expanded its line of annuities that provide consumers access to alternative asset classes
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Kyle Brownlee: Using High-Tech Tools to Manage Financial Services
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As CEO of Wymer Brownlee Tax and Financial Management, Kyle Brownlee is dedicated to offering comprehensive financial services through technology
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Ahead of the Bell: Credit Card Companies
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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgraded shares of MasterCard Inc. Tuesday, saying the credit card lender can cut costs and weather any U.S. recession
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US Treasury plans stepping-stone route to new financial services regulations
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The US Treasury is planning a two-tier set of regulations for financial services, with an 'optimal' structure backed up by a series of 'intermediate steps'
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TowerGroup: 'Green' Initiatives Pick Up Momentum Among U.S. Financial Services Institutions
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New research from TowerGroup finds although the impact of financial institutions on the environment isn't as substantial as that of the coal, automotive, and chemical industries
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STEPHEN NORTON OPENS NEW OFFICE OF RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES IN OLD SAYBROOK
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Financial advisor Stephen Norton has joined Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC., as a branch manager
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CIBC Mellon To Provide Services To Morguard Pooled Funds
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CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Co. has been appointed by Morguard Corp.'s (MRC.T) Morguard Financial Corp. to provide fund administration
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California Brokerage Adds to Construction Services Practice
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ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a Division of Wells Fargo Insurance Services and a provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions
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Platform Computing Announces Symphony 4
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Platform Computing announced the next version of its financial services software Platform Symphony 4. This
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Oxford Finance Corporation and GE Healthcare Financial Services Reaffirm Commitment to Biotech
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Oxford Finance Corporation and GE Healthcare Financial Services have provided a joint pounds Sterling 7.5 million senior secured loan
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Hartford Financial Services Group 2008 Guidance Update Call Transcript
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Good day ladies and gentlemen. At this time I would like to welcome everyone to The Hartford investor conference call.
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UBS Financial may pay $24M settlement
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UBS Financial Services may be getting ready to pay a $23 million settlement to be released from claims made in the class-action lawsuit
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Unitrin to sell business insurance unit to Amtrust Financial Services
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Unitrin Inc. said Monday that it has definitively agreed to sell its Unitrin Business Insurance operation to Amtrust Financial Services Inc.,
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Pacific Continental Bank Recognized as One of Oregon's Most Admired Companies
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Pacific Continental Corporation , the bank holding company for Pacific Continental Bank, today announced that it was recently recognized as one of Oregon's most admired companies
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Twenty-Two Banks Select Goldleaf's Web Solution in Last Two Months
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Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:GFSI), a provider of integrated technology-based solutions designed to improve the performance of financial institutions
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Unitrin Selling Business Insurance Unit
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Unitrin Selling Business Insurance Unit to AmTrust Financial Services for Undisclosed Terms
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Bankrate Inc. acquires Nationwide Card Services, Savingforcollege.com
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Bankrate Inc. (NASDAQ:RATE) Monday said it acquired Memphis-based Nationwide Card Services Inc., and Savingforcollege.com LLC
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Discover Financial Services Announces Date of First Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) announced today that its first annual meeting of shareholders as an independent company
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Ahead of the Bell: PrivateBancorp
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Financial services provider PrivateBancorp Inc. holds an analyst meeting on Monday, where expansion in products and services will likely appear on the agenda.
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Mobile money transfers may infuse developing world
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Gadget crazy? Then you've probably, at some point, sent relatives pictures or text messages via your cell phone.
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Business gallery
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Tim Basilone was appointed community relations, emergency preparedness and security manager for Koppers Inc.
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PERSONNEL FILE
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Christian Bailey, Amanda Russ, Buddy Simpson and Virginia Overstreet recently joined Prudential Gardner
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As Year Ends, Low Expectations May Pay Off
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As 2007 draws to a close, a volatile stock market may present opportunities for investors seeking undervalued stocks, because many other investors expect the worst.
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Market volatility gives investors the chance to shop for bargains
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As 2007 draws to a close, a volatile stock market may present opportunities for investors seeking undervalued stocks
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Financial Services Sales Career
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Are you looking for a
meaningful and rewarding career? Consider a career that offers
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Protecting your portfolio as markets sustain turbulence
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Lately, the stock market has managed both to rouse fear and inspire hope.
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Insurance provider launches financial unit
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After nearly 30 years of selling commercial and individual insurance policies, McFadden Insurance is branching out.
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How you, the investor, affect money managers
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WANTED: a trustworthy adviser fluent in stocks, bonds and alternative investments who can decipher the U.S. tax code
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Discover Financial Services (DFS) NewsBite - DFS Tumbles on Downgrade
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Discover Financial Services LLC (DFS) opened at 16.83. So far today, the stock has hit a low of 16.40 and a high of 17.13.
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BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc. Declares Increased Dividend
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BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc. (Nasdaq: BSXT) announced today that on December 5, 2007 the Board of Directors
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XL Capital Ltd to Present at Goldman Sachs Financial Services CEO Conference on December...
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XL Capital Ltd to Present at Goldman Sachs Financial Services CEO Conference
on December 11, 2007
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Fitch Upgrades PNC Financial Services
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Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings on Wednesday upgraded PNC Financial Services Group Inc.'s long-term issuer default rating
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Fitch Rates Minneapolis School Dist No. 1 (Minnesota) $29MM GOs 'AA+'; Outlook to Stable
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Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to the Minneapolis Special School District No. 1, Minnesota's (the district) $28,845,000 general obligation (GO) bonds, series 2007.
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Discover Financial Services Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Earnings Release and Conference...
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) plans to report its fourth quarter 2007 results
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CIBC & financial services, Apple – Vialoux
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Markets have responded on the downside by Commerce Bank’s fourth quarter report.
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Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson to Present at Goldman Sachs Financial Services CEO Conference
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Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson will present on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services CEO Conference.
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GMAC Financial Services names treasurer to new position of chief risk officer
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GMAC Financial Services Wednesday named Samuel Ramsey to the new position of chief risk officer, effective immediately.
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eCommLink, Inc. Selected by Discover Financial Services to Provide Payment Processing
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eCommLink, a SellingSource company and a provider of branded, full-service prepaid debit card solutions and card processing
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Global services sector cools as credit woes deepen
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Growth in the global services sector slowed in November, reports released on Wednesday showed, heightening concerns that tightening credit conditions
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Senators weigh credit card legislation
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Many consumers who pay their credit card bills on time are being hit with unfair and confusing increases in the cards' interest rates
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US Senators Pressure Card Cos On Use Of Credit Scores
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Members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday assailed credit card companies' practices of arbitrarily using credit scores
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Siemens Financial Services, Inc. Announces Completion of Credit Facility With Merit Mountainside, LL
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Siemens Financial Services, Inc. announced today that it has provided a $40 million senior secured credit facility to Merit Mountainside, LLC.
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Time to cherry-pick in financial services
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Gregg Brewer, executive director of research for Value Line, says that he expects to see a turnaround in the financial sector, but suggests that investors look for individual names rather than buy the entire sector.
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Aflac Incorporated to Present at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services CEO Conference 2007
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Aflac Incorporated announced today that it will make a presentation at the 2007 Goldman Sachs Financial Services CEO Conference.
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PNC Chief Executive to Speak at Goldman Sachs Investor Conference
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The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James E. Rohr will discuss business performance
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Clareity Security Financial Services Group Introduces TEXT-pass Solution
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Clareity Security, LLC, a provider of security products and services for the real estate and mortgage industries, marked a strong entry into serving the financial services security sector
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Independent Research and Consulting Firm Recognizes Oracle(R) Profitability Management Applications
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Celent, an independent research and advisory firm focused on the financial services industry, has recognized Oracle as a key provider of profitability
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Conversion Services International Awarded Data Warehouse Strategy and Proof of Concept Contract
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Conversion Services International, Inc. , a premier professional services firm focused on delivering business intelligence and business process optimization solutions
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Bennett Group Financial Services Selected as One of The 10 Most Dependable™ Wealth Mangers
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Bennett Group Financial Services, LLC has been selected by Goldline Research as one of the 10 Most Dependable™ Wealth Mangers of the Mid-Atlantic. The list of the 10 Most Dependable Wealth Managers of the Mid-Atlantic is scheduled to be published in the December 10th issue of Forbes Magazine®.
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Massive unemployment in financial services sector throws US into recession – dollars fall and stock
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After the tech market bubble collapse, the Federal Reserve allowed the fastest growth of liquidity in the financial markets
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