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U.S. Banker November 2007 Lee Conrad	Money-Market Funds Get a Boost From Bank Portals Internet portals offered by banks are on the verge of transforming the $1 trillion-plus institutional money-market marketplace by giving customers better access to their money and more flexibility in managing it.
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BusinessWeek December 20, 2007	From CDO to Credit Crunch The Bear Stearns hedge funds became central players in the mortgage mess. Read on to see how.
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Investment Advisor September 2007 Palash R. Ghosh	Diamonds Among The Junk High-yield bonds -- those fixed income securities rated below investment grade -- have some advantages over more vanilla-type bond products.
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