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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (259795)	9/10/2003 4:11:59 PM
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BANKS FEELING PINCH AS MORTGAGE BOOM FADES National City is latest bank to concede rising interest rates will chip into earnings, joining Washington Mutual and Countrywide Financial, which say they also feel impact of end to refinancing bonanza CONTINENTAL CLOSES PENSION GAP Continental Airlines contributes $100 million in shares of its ExpressJet unit to its pension, closing the gap in pension funding with an asset the airline had planned to sell anyhow. Pilots union backs move. AL-JAZEERA AIRS BIN LADEN VIDEOTAPE Arabic satellite channel airs videotape of al-Qaida leader and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, and an accompanying audio tape attributed to al-Zawahri who called on Iraqi guerrillas to 'bury' U.S. troops in Iraq. EXCHANGES TO MARK SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY NYSE, Nasdaq and Amex will observe one-minute of silence at 8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:59 a.m., and 10:29 a.m. During latter two observances, all trading will cease. Futures, bond markets also plan observances.