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• Bank of America may Bid for U.K. Bank Barclays 12/8/06
• Moody's Expects to Cut HCA Debt Rating to Riskiest Junk Level after Buyout 10/20/06
• Merrill Unit Buying $200 mln Indian Loan Portfolio 9/11/06
• Judge Lets Banks Immediately Appeal Distressed Debt Ruling 9/8/06
• Merrill Lynch to Buy Subprime Lender for $1.3 billion 9/5/06
• Wal-Mart's Mexico Unit Eyes Banking 8/3/06
• HCA Sold for $33 billion; Largest Leveraged Buyout Ever 7/24/06
• Massive leveraged buyout of HCA fails 7/19/06
• Asta Funding Announces New $175 Million Credit Facility 7/12/06
• Wachovia to Acquire Golden West Financial For $25.5 Billion 5/8/06
• Indian BPO Firm HOV Services Announces IPO 4/14/06
• Preliminary Bids for S.Korea's LG Card Due in mid April 3/27/06
• Merrill Interested in South Korea's LG Card - Source 2/2/06
• Pricing Power a Key Concern for Smaller U.S. Companies 1/25/06
• Merrill Lynch May Raise Stake in Indian Arm 12/6/05
• MBNA Securitizes $300 Million of Credit Card Receivables 10/13/05
• Wachovia to Purchase International Banking Business of Union Bank of California 9/22/05
• MBNA America Bank, N.A. Securitizes $150 Million Of Credit Card Receivables From The MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust 9/12/05
• Advanta Prices Securitization Backed by Business Purpose Credit Card Receivables 9/8/05
• Employee Career Paths Lead to Better Retention in Call Centers 8/22/05
• More Foreign Banks are Making Investments in Chinese Lenders 8/18/05
• Wall Street Sees Chances for GSE Bill Dimming 7/5/05
• EquiLend Expands its Trading Platform with Portfolio Auction Capability 6/15/05
• Visa USA Launches Breakthrough Anti-Fraud Technology 6/14/05
• eFunds Corporation to Acquire WildCard Systems, Inc. 6/10/05
• Banks Make a Good Bet on Bad Debt 6/2/05
• Merrill Trims Outlook for Big Regional Banks 5/6/05
• Merrill Could Pay $2.6 bln in Italian Debt Purchase 4/26/05
• Merrill Lynch and S. Korean Bank Set Up Bad Loan Joint Venture 4/18/05
• Medallion to Sell Lending Unit to Merrill Lynch for $20 mln 3/3/05
• National City Collection Unit Earns Certification From BenchmarkPortal 1/28/05
• Mexico Lender Credito Inmobiliario Looks at Offers 1/26/05
• CompuCredit, Merrill Buy Credit Portfolio 1/6/05
• Marshall Bancorp Completes BANKFIRST Acquisition, Sale of $400 million Credit Card Portfolio 1/6/05
• Citigroup Takes Over Korean Bad-Debt Company 12/3/04
• Merrill Lynch, Mitsubishi in Joint Auto Loan Venture and Bad Loan Sale 11/29/04
• Problems at Lending Unit Put Merrill Lynch on the Spot 10/13/04
• Credit-card Companies Escalate War of the Perks 9/20/04
• UFJ Appeals to Shareholders to Support Merger Plans 9/7/04
• Study: 65% of Customer Turnover Stems From Poor Call Centers 9/2/04
• Samsung Card Says Merrill to Buy its $250 mln Card-Backed ABS 8/16/04
• Bankers Take On California Privacy Law 8/11/04
• Time's Up for Japan's Deadbeats 8/11/04
• Merrill Lynch Cardholders to Earn Valuable Rewards Points for Home Financing 7/12/04
• Encore Capital, NelNet Seen as Possible Additions to Russell 2000 Index 6/3/04
• UFJ, Merrill Lynch Set Up Bad Loan Fund 5/25/04
• Merrill Lynch Launches the Merrill+ VISA Credit Card 4/20/04
• MBNA: King of the Plastic Frontier 4/1/04
• Financial Call Centers Change Outlook — and Aim for Profits 2/10/04
• The Rush To Cash In On India 1/29/04

Research Headlines

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