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Registered Rep. August 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg	Chucked! If Charles Schwab cannot soon deliver on its goal of reaching all kinds of customers, then perhaps the board will insist on another change, this time moving the company back to its model of the 1990s, when Schwab was clearly a discount broker.
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Investment Advisor January 2007 James J. Green	Schwab To Sell U.S. Trust Unit Charles Schwab announced that it would sell its U.S. Trust unit to Bank of America for $3.3 billion in cash in a deal that should close in the second quarter of 2007, assuming it passes the necessary regulatory hurdles.
Investment Advisor July 2007 James J. Green	McWhinney Out, Goldman In Deborah McWhinney, president of Schwab Institutional since 2001, resigned her position and has been succeeded by Charles Goldman, SI's COO.
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