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    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:52:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wall Street Declines As Greek Worries Resurface, Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) Rallies</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[US stocks finished lower on Friday as renewed worries over Greece's debt problems spooked investors.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3963297>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:26:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">PFE</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">UTX</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">WMT</category>
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      <title>Steroids In Finance</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[By: Elliot Turner
When the &quot;Repo 105&quot; story first broke, my initial reaction was neither anger nor surprise. Clearly Lehman engaged in some fishy behavior in order to create a massive hole on its balance sheet. Problems of that scale do not happen by accident.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3962206>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:53:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
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      <title>Magic Formula Stock Review:  Lender Processing Services (LPS)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lender Processing Services is riding the historic wave of mortgage defaults, and with continuing high rates of late mortgages and a building backlog of foreclosures, business looks good for 2010 as well. But there are some real risks to consider before investing.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3962156>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fed Must Disclose Bank Bailout Records As Court Of Appeals Withholds Historic "Mark Pittman" Decision</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Next step for the Fed weasels - petitioning the Supreme Court in an attempt to completely trample America's constitution. In the meantime, Mark Pittman smiles from above as Satan reevaluates the amend and extend provisions of his affirmative covenants with the Fed.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3962128>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:47:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Tale Of Greece And Cheap Money</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The S&amp;P 500 closed a smidgen lower Thursday on speculation the Federal Reserve will increase its discount rate which tempered the potential for gains spurred by further evidence that the economy is strengthening without stoking inflation. Bank of America and Schlumberger paced declines that sent financial and energy companies lower. In contrast Boeing, DuPont and 3M led gains that drove the Dow to an almost 18-month high after reports showed growth in Philadelphia manufacturing, a drop in jobless claims and no change in consumer prices. FedEx surged as its profit more than doubled and Nike rallied on higher-than-estimated earnings<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3962062>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:55:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BCS</category>
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      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SLB</category>
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      <title>Brewing Excess Returns In The Beer Industry</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Molson Coors is looking attractive at current prices.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3961840>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">TAP</category>
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      <title>Wall Street Ends Mostly Up, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) Slips</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[US stocks finished mostly higher on Thursday after government reports showed inflation remains benign and jobless claim dropped last week.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3960475>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:58:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AA</category>
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      <title>SunPower To Build Solar Project</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) announced that it will design and construct a 1-megawatt solar power system at the Yolo County Justice Center in Woodland, California.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3959794>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:38:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
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      <title>Judge: Site must delay copying of broker reports</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ruled that Theflyonthewall.com Inc. must wait to publish the financial recommendations of Barclays Capital Inc., Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. and Morgan Stanley Inc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Fly's core business is its free-riding off the sustained, costly efforts by the firms and other investment institutions to generate equity research that is highly valued by investors,&quot; the judge said. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The financial companies in 2006 sued the New Jersey corporation for copyright infringement and misappropriation, citing Theflyonthewall.com as the most systematic and egregious of the unauthorized redistributors of their reports, the judge wrote.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3962131>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Big banks targeted in protest as labor calls for action on jobs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mar. 19--With the clink of poker chips sounding in the background, two dozen labor activists gathered in the shadow of downtown Buffalo's Bank of America branch to demand that the country's big banks act--or be forced to act -- to restore some of the 9 million jobs that were lost in the financial crisis that those banks caused. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Now it is time for Bank of America to pay to get working families back on their feet.&quot; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part of the protest was the self-described theatrics of three labor supporters, dressed in business suits and labeled &quot;Bank of America,&quot; &quot;Buffalo Niagara Partnership&quot; and &quot;Health Care Industry&quot; playing poker.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3961795>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Judge: Site must delay copying of broker reports</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ruled that Theflyonthewall.com Inc. must wait to publish the financial recommendations of Barclays Capital Inc., Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. and Morgan Stanley Inc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Fly's core business is its free-riding off the sustained, costly efforts by the firms and other investment institutions to generate equity research that is highly valued by investors,&quot; the judge said. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The financial companies in 2006 sued the New Jersey corporation for copyright infringement and misappropriation, citing Theflyonthewall.com as the most systematic and egregious of the unauthorized redistributors of their reports, the judge wrote.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3960715>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Govt rewarded bank auditors with big bonuses</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;WASHINGTON - As banks gambled on the risky mortgages that helped create the worst financial crisis in generations, the U.S. government handed out millions of dollars in bonuses to regulators at agencies that missed or ignored warning signs that the system was on the verge of a meltdown.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Just as bank executives got bonuses despite taking on dangerous amounts of risk, regulators got taxpayer-funded bonuses for doing &quot;superior&quot; work monitoring the banks.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The bonuses, released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, were part of a reward program little known outside the government.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3960144>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
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      <title>UPI NewsTrack Business</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;U.S. markets mixed Thursday&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- The Dow Jones industrial average extended a positive steak to eight days Thursday, after two government reports showed signs of economic stability.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A Department of Commerce report said consumer prices were flat in February with core prices, which exclude energy and food items, up only 0.1 percent.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3960137>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AA</category>
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      <title>Govt rewarded bank auditors with big bonuses</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;WASHINGTON - As banks gambled on the risky mortgages that helped create the worst financial crisis in generations, the U.S. government handed out millions of dollars in bonuses to regulators at agencies that missed or ignored warning signs that the system was on the verge of a meltdown.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Just as bank executives got bonuses despite taking on dangerous amounts of risk, regulators got taxpayer-funded bonuses despite missing or ignoring signs that the system was on the verge of a meltdown.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;During the 2003-06 boom, the three agencies that supervise most U.S. banks - the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency - gave out at least $19 million in bonuses, records show.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3959876>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UPI NewsTrack Business</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Markets edge higher Thursday&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- U.S. markets edged higher Thursday morning, aiming for an eighth consecutive day of gains as two government reports showed signs of economic stability.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A Department of Commerce report said consumer prices were flat in February with core prices, which exclude energy and food items, up only 0.1 percent.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3958674>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bank of America CEO admits it erred amid credit crunch</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan conceded Wednesday that the company made missteps during the credit crisis and recession that hurt its relationship with shareholders and customers.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Those changes include improving customer relationships and the bank's compensation structure.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Moynihan succeeded Ken Lewis as the CEO of the Charlotte, N.C., banking company Jan. 1.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3962027>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
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      <title>Too small to succeed? Firms still not getting the credit they need</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;WASHINGTON _ Capital is the oxygen that a small business needs to survive and thrive. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jim Collins, co-owner with his wife Arlene of Quantum Energy Solutions, has been in business in Sacramento, Calif., since 1974. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;He has a $50,000 line of credit, backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration, through US Bank, owned by US Bancorp.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3958376>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AP IMPACT: Gov't bank auditors got big bonuses</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;WASHINGTON - Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding &quot;superior&quot; work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The payments, detailed in payroll data released to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, are the latest evidence of the government's false sense of security during the go-go days of the financial boom.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3958368>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>U.S. Bank Announces the Formation of Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;U.S. Bank, which acquired the deposits and assets of Park National Bank   last October, announced plans today to create an independent not for   profit organization. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The new organization, known as Chicago Neighborhood   Initiatives, will carry on Park Bank Initiative's community development   mission in low- and moderate-income Chicago neighborhoods.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lynn M. Rosinsky, market president of U.S. Bank in Chicago, said the   creation of the stand-alone organization will ensure that Park National   Bank Initiatives' New Markets Tax Credit allocation, awarded last year,   is preserved and utilized to benefit economically challenged areas of   Chicago.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3956248>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
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      <title>Timminco Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Fiscal 2009 Results</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Timminco Limited (&quot;Timminco&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;)(TSX: TIM) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 (all figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fourth Quarter 2009 Summary --  Consolidated sales were $25.5 million compared with $72.7 million for     the fourth quarter of 2008;  --  Progressively resumed production of silicon metal through the re-start     of the Company's three silicon metal furnaces in June, August and     October, achieving full production in November;  --  Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization     (EBITDA)(1) were negative $17.4 million compared with positive $6.4     million for the fourth quarter of 2008; and  --  Net loss was $69.4 million, or $0.48 a share, and included $45.7 million     in one-time costs related to the strategic turnaround of the Company,     compared with a net loss of $1.3 million, or $0.01 per share, for the     fourth quarter of 2008.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fiscal 2009 Summary --  Consolidated sales were $104.6 million compared with $252.6 million in     2008;  --  EBITDA was negative $50.9 million compared with positive $21.3 million     in 2008;  --  Net loss was $134.2 million, or $1.09 a share, and included $51.6     million in one-time costs related to the strategic turnaround of the     Company, compared with a net loss of $22.6 million, or $0.22 per share,     in 2008;  --  Completed a number of capital transactions, including the conversion of     $42.1 million of debt and other liabilities into common shares, a $25.0     million debt financing with Investissement Quebec, a $5.3 million     convertible debt financing, and $44.2 million in equity financings; and  --  Completed the divestiture of its magnesium business.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3952479>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
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      <title>U.S. Bancorp Announces Quarterly Dividends</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The board of directors of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) has declared a   quarterly dividend of $0.05 per common share, payable April 15, 2010, to   shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2010. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;At   this quarterly dividend rate, the annual dividend is equivalent to $0.20   per common share.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The board of directors has also declared a regular quarterly dividend of   $218.75 per share (equivalent to $0.21875 per depositary share) on U.S.   Bancorp's Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, payable   April 15, 2010, to stockholders of record at the close of business on   March 31, 2010.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3952156>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>John Kim to Head Saxon Business Development</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. (Saxon), announced today the appointment   of John P. Kim to lead Business Development. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;His appointment comes as   Saxon repositions itself into the residential subservicing space,   specializing in distressed asset servicing and non-performing asset   management.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In this role, Mr. Kim will focus on business development with   third-party customers, promoting Saxon's services and serving as   relationship manager to banks, hedge funds, asset managers and the GSEs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3950900>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3950900</link>
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      <title>Bedfordreport.com Complimentary Analyst Research on Financials Such as Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), JPMorgan Chase &amp;amp; Co. (NYSE: JPM), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) and Many More</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Bedford Report is pleased to announce that its latest Market Update analyzing the Financial Sector has been released. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In this day and age the pulse of the financial industry makes the life blood of the rest of the economy. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Our updated analyst reports on Citigroup, Inc, Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase &amp;amp; Co and American International Group, Inc include:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3950820>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AIG</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">C</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3950820</link>
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      <title>FAF Advisors, Inc., Announces Financial Positions for Closed-End Funds</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946981</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;FAF Advisors, Inc. today announced the financial positions for the &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;(d) Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;investment income is reflected in a fund's net asset value.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946981>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MXA</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946981</link>
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      <title>J. Stephen Huntley Appointed to Board of Directors of Pacific Coast Bankers' Bancshares</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946848</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pacific Coast Bankers' Bancshares (PCBB), one of the nation's leading   bankers' banks, announced today that J. Stephen Huntley, a capital   markets executive with more than 35 years of experience, has been named   to PCBB's Board of Directors. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Stephen Huntley is an industry leader who brings deep capital markets   expertise to PCBB's Board of Directors,&quot; said Ken Cosgrove, Chairman of   PCBB's Board of Directors and CEO of Premier Commercial Bank in Anaheim.   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Stephen's experience will help Pacific Coast Bankers' Bancshares   maintain its leadership position by providing community banks with an   unmatched suite of products and risk management solutions.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946848>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946848</link>
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      <title>Banks Minimize Risks, Curbed Recession-Borne Losses</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946849</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;www.rothmanresearch.com - From the demise of the nation's financial system, bank risk-taking has almost become an impossible feat even for established banking titans. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Increasing regulatory complexity and risk in operations are major roadblocks for both domestic and international banking institutions and capital markets-securities firms,&quot; states Bradley McCoy of www.rothmanresearch.com. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;There has been a lot of stirring in the financial markets last week, with the financial sector performing incredibly well with a gain of 2 percent at the close on Friday.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946849>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">TD</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3946849</link>
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      <title>Federal Court Rules Consumers' Claims Against Nation's Leading Banks for Excessive Overdraft Fees May Proceed</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3940314</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The United States District Court Judge James Lawrence King today denied   motions by a number of the nation's leading banks to derail federal   lawsuits consolidated before him in a Miami federal court seeking to   recover hundreds of millions of dollars in wrongful overdraft fees   charged to consumers on debit card purchases.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Judge King rejected the banks'   primary argument that its customers cannot bring private litigation to   recoup excessive overdraft fees.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Consumers pursuing these lawsuits, Judge King concluded, are   &quot;not trying to prevent banks from engaging in the business of banking,   they are merely asking the banks to do so in good faith.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3940314>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3940314</link>
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      <title>Revlon Announces Completion of Credit Agreement Refinancing</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3940317</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Revlon, Inc. (NYSE: REV) (&quot;Revlon&quot;), today announced that its   wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation   (&quot;RCPC&quot; and, together with Revlon, Inc., the &quot;Company&quot;), had consummated   the previously-disclosed refinancing of its existing bank credit   facilities.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Also, with the new asset-based, multi-currency   revolving credit facility (the &quot;2010 Revolving Credit Facility&quot; and,   together with the 2010 Term Loan Facility, the &quot;2010 Credit   Facilities&quot;), the maturity of RCPC's existing 2006 revolving credit   facility is extended from January 15, 2012 to March 11, 2014.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;As part of this refinancing, RCPC's existing term loan facility, which   had $815 million aggregate principal amount outstanding at December 31,   2009, was refinanced with a 5-year, $800 million term loan facility   under an amended and restated term loan agreement dated as of March 11,   2010 (the &quot;2010 Term Loan Agreement&quot;), among RCPC, as borrower, the   lenders party thereto, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (&quot;CGMI&quot;), J.P.   Morgan Securities Inc. (&quot;JPM Securities&quot;), Banc of America Securities   LLC (&quot;BAS&quot;) and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (&quot;Credit Suisse&quot;), as   the joint lead arrangers, CGMI, JPM Securities, BAS, Credit Suisse and   Natixis, New York Branch (&quot;Natixis&quot;), as joint bookrunners, JPMorgan   Chase Bank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A. as co-syndication agents,   Credit Suisse and Natixis as co-documentation agents, and Citicorp USA,   Inc. as administrative agent and collateral agent (&quot;CUSA&quot;).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3940317>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">REV</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3940317</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 12  Filed by: LEVIN JERRY W (10K)</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3949131</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3949131>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3949131</link>
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      <title>Form  4          BANK OF AMERICA CORP      For: Mar 05  Filed by: BOARDMAN WILLIAM P (10K)</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3929182</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">BAC</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3929182</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 02  Filed by: Thormodsgard Diane L (10K)</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921142</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921142>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921142</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 02  Filed by: Payne Richard B JR (10K)</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921139</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921139</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 02  Filed by: Parker P.W. (10K)</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921137</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921137>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921137</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 02  Filed by: Otting Joseph M (10K)</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921130</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921130</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 02  Filed by: MITAU LEE R (10K)</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921123</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921123>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921123</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 02  Filed by: McCullough Howell D. III (10K)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921118>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921118</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 02  Filed by: JOSEPH PAMELA A (10K)</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
      <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3921109</link>
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      <title>Form  4          US BANCORP \DE\           For: Mar 02  Filed by: Hoesley Joseph C (10K)</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">USB</category>
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