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Registered Rep. July 20, 2005 John Churchill	Wall Street's Second-Quarter Results: It Could Have Been Worse The big financial services players have released their second-quarter earnings, and most private client divisions didn't do as badly as analysts were expecting -- thanks, in part, to an improving equity market. Charles Schwab... Merrill Lynch... etc.
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Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 John Churchill	Morgan Stanley Earnings Up, Stock Down; Wealth Management Unit Raking In Assets And Advisors Morgan Stanley, perhaps in an effort to quell investor fears that it was on similarly shaky ground as Lehman Brothers, pre-announced its third-quarter earnings yesterday, surprising analysts with census beating results.
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Registered Rep. September 15, 2008 Kristen French	Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors.
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The Motley Fool September 14, 2006 Alex Dumortier	All Eyes on Lehman Lehman beat Goldman to the punch with its earnings report this quarter. Lehman's healthy numbers bolster the notion that broker-dealers have come through a difficult environment relatively unscathed during the third quarter. Investors, take note.
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Registered Rep. April 8, 2004 Joan Warner	Trouble In The House That Purcell Built? After suffering through a cruel bear market, Morgan Stanley has come under regulatory scrutiny and legal fire for practices in several key businesses in the past two years, including mutual fund sales.
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Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Will Leitch	So They've Got That Going for Them...Which Is Nice For all the problems it's been having in the last several months, Morgan Stanley can hang its hat on this good news: It is now the largest securities firm in the country.
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Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Glenn Curtis	The Purcell Discount Hovering at a recent $51.73 --- down from its all-time highs of $110 a share --- are Morgan Stanley common shares a buy?
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