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To: ild who wrote (207088)	11/27/2002 3:07:46 PM
From: ild	Respond to of 436258

... Perhaps, more amusingly, there is a further proposal that investment research from the so-called 'sell side' of the business, the investment banks and brokers, is labelled 'marketing material' - in other words not independent but with a purpose to promote sales of other services within the enterprise. With this level of regulation in place it is argued that the investor, institutional or retail, has a sufficient level of protection. ... it-analysis.com