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U.S. Banker January 2003 John Engen	The Caffeine In Commerce Commerce Bancorp CEO Vernon Hill is laughing his head off these days. why not? His bank is an investor's dream and a rival's nightmare. Welcome to the big apple.
Bank Systems & Technology September 26, 2004 Katherine Burger	My Kind of Town In a booming town that is already very heavily "banked" (in party-hearty Hoboken, probably only bars and pizza joints outnumber ATMs and branches in terms of locations), it will be interesting to track Commerce's progress.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2004 Phil Wohl	Wells Fargo Opens the Vault Wells Fargo announced record earnings on Tuesday, and big banks such as Bank One, U.S. Bancorp, Bank of America, and Washington Mutual have all reported extremely positive results in recent months.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2007 Emil Lee	What's in Store for Commerce Bancorp? Toronto-Dominion Bank buys Commerce Bancorp, scooping up their 444 branches with an average of $100 million in deposits per branch, as well as a company adept at growing and gathering deposits. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Commerce Bancorp: Still Controversial Investors, it's not often that you see this much growth and controversy in a banking name, so it's likely to be a volatile name for some time to come.
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Amy Barrett	Is This Banker Too Brazen? Commerce Bancorp's Vernon Hill has led a rapid expansion, but his style is raising a few eyebrows
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Quick Take: First Horizon Limits Its Horizons First Horizon decides to retrench in its home market of Tennessee, focusing on its First Tennessee brand, and has successfully negotiated the sale of all 34 of its First Horizon bank branches.
U.S. Banker April 2004 Michael Dumiak	Culture Clash Nearly a decade after the last merger wave, dealers sharpen their pencils in the wake of an economic downturn and look to make combinations. Is that really such a good idea?
U.S. Banker September 2004 John Engen	Quid Pro Quo? Commerce Reeling From Charges in Bond Probe Vernon Hill and his Commerce Bancorp have taken the Northeast-and Wall Street-by storm, with a formula that emphasizes convenience, service and de novo branches. Now, it's his rivals' turn to gloat.
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Fast Company May 2002 Chuck Salter	Customer Service: Commerce Bank Commerce Bank is one of America's best-performing financial institutions, with a stock that grew more than 2,000% in 10 years. It is also America's most convenient bank, with a fanatical commitment to "wowing" its customers...
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Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2006 Phil Britt	Study: Channel Preference Is Age-Dependent Though financial services customers as a whole prefer branch banking, there are clear differences in customers' channel preferences based on age, according to a recent American Bankers Association (Washington, D.C.) survey of 1,000 consumers.
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The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Commerce and Its Bank "Stores" If growth is important in your portfolio and you're also looking for some banking exposure, Commerce could be a good bet if it continues to grow at its historically impressive rates.
U.S. Banker January 2011 Marian Raab	Why TD Ended Free-For-All Service TD Bank, which bills itself as America s Most Convenient Bank, just became a little less convenient-at least for noncustomers.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Commerce Banking on Snowbirds South Florida will be the next beachhead in its assault on traditional banking. The company has an innovative approach to banking that's generating high growth and solid stock performance. For now.
BusinessWeek December 9, 2010	Hard Choices: Vernon W. Hill Jr. The Commerce Bank founder on taking his business model to London to create a new retail bank as the Great Recession hit.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2004 Rich Smith	Thomson's Flip Side Thomson's earnings, free cash flow, and valuation tell the full story.
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U.S. Banker April 2003 Holly Sraeel	Branches, Service and Vernon, Vernon, Vernon Simply put, Vernon Hill might well end up the Starbucks of banking. Not bad for a guy who not so long ago ran a small bank that few knew about.
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The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	National City's Many Moves The regional bank reports a complicated third quarter, decent results, and improving growth prospects. Investors, take note.
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U.S. Banker June 2002 Robert A. Bennett	National City: Strong, Steady Growth It's hard for outsiders to get passionate about Cleveland's National City Corp. Maybe National City's problem is that it gives investors exactly what they say they want: High-quality earnings and consistent growth. That may be what they want, but it's not terribly exciting.
Knowledge@Wharton June 4, 2003	Pump and Dump: Analyst Bias and Corporate Financing A new study by Wharton accounting professor Scott Richardson and two colleagues suggests that, even if most sell-side analysts don't lie, they are so overly upbeat that their forecasts of corporate earnings and stock-price targets are hardly more accurate than falsehoods.
Bank Systems & Technology June 18, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Banks Launching Mobile Banking for Commercial and Wealthy Clients Mobile banking initiatives are starting to expand beyond retail side of business.
Bank Technology News March 2010 Daniel Wolfe	Channel Surfing When Wells Fargo offered text-message banking services to both online and non-online banking customers in a recent offering, it revealed a major step in distinguishing mobile from Web banking, a goal long discussed and now being put into practice.
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The Motley Fool December 23, 2003 Jeff Hwang	Bad, Bad Baxter The medical products company issues its latest in a series of earnings warnings.
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Bank Technology News August 2006	Branches Take Center Stage: Invest or Fall Behind Branches are a top priority among chief executives who see them as the nucleus of their retail banking franchises. But not all chief executives have been as quick to rethink, retool and reinvigorate their branches as their more aggressive peers.
Bank Technology News August 2007 Dan Fisher	Pay And Settle At Warp Speed The innovation of the payment system will not be in speed, but in total end-to-end processing.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2004 Ben McClure	Quality Earnings Count Here are three telltale signs of strong earnings. This reporting period, it's worthwhile taking a peek behind the earnings. Here are three telltale signs of earnings "quality" to guide your stock picks.
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BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Gene G. Marcial	With BluePhoenix, Old Software Rises Anew Tiny BluePhoenix Solutions is emerging as a big noise in a niche business that larger companies tend to ignore: helping enterprises modernize old software systems so they can adapt them to new applications and markets.
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