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For the week , it was down 1.55 points .
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1,060
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The Standard & Poor 's index of 500 stocks was off 5.41 points at 651.99 , down 15.03 points for the week .
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1,061
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The American Stock Exchange index was down 1.66 points at 559.68 , and was off 1.26 for the week .
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1,062
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Brisk economic reports rattle markets anew .
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1,063
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Glenn Somerville
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1,064
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WASHINGTON 1996-08-30
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1,065
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Factory orders rose in July and manufacturing surged in the Midwest in August , reports said Friday , sparking worries about inflation that battered financial markets for a second straight day .
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1,066
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The Commerce Department said orders for manufactured goods climbed 1.8 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted $ 317.6 billion -- nearly twice the increase that had been expected .
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1,067
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Shipments of everything from new cars to food items rose , as did order backlogs , in a sign that the strength in the industrial sector would continue in coming months .
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1,068
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A separate report from Chicago area purchasing managers underlined the strength in manufacturing as the group 's barometer of manufacturing in the region jumped to 60 in August from 51.2 in July .
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1,069
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A reading above 50 indicates growth in manufacturing .
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1,070
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While production and orders rose at Midwest area businesses , the prices they paid for goods used in manufacturing remained well in check .
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1,071
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Analysts said the reports implied the economy was not slowing down in the third quarter after a burst of growth in the spring , and that the lull in late June and July was more temporary than Federal Reserve policy-makers had wanted .
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1,072
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" It appears that August is showing an economy again reversing course and is not moving onto a significantly slower track at this point , " said economist Lynn Reaser of Barnett Banks Inc. in Jacksonville , Fla .
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1,073
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The reports fanned worries on Wall Street that the Fed , the nation 's central bank , would raise rates next month in a bid to ward off inflation , driving stock and bond prices sharply lower for a second day running .
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1,074
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The 30-year Treasury fell almost a point , raising its yield , which moves in the opposite direction from the price , to 7.12 percent from 7.04 percent late Thursday .
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1,075
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The Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.44 points to 5,616.21 after a 64.73-point decline Thursday .
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1,076
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A third report from the Commerce Department , on July personal income and spending , pointed to a potential slowdown in consumer spending that some analysts said may help moderate growth in the second half .
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1,077
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It showed spending rose only 0.2 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $ 5.15 trillion after dropping a revised 0.4 percent in June .
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1,078
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Incomes from wages , salaries and all other sources gained 0.1 percent to a rate of $ 6.47 trillion after a 0.9 percent jump in June .
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1,079
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July 's slight gain in incomes was the weakest in six months , since January when they were flat .
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1,080
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Economist Joel Naroff of First Union bank in Philadelphia said consumer spending , which fuels two-thirds of the nation 's economy , may be much slower in the third quarter than in the first half , which should slow economic growth .
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1,081
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" The FOMC ( Federal Open Market Committee ) has been forecasting a slowing in economic activity and moderating household demand will have a large impact on overall economic growth , " Naroff said in a written comment .
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1,082
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The policy-making FOMC is to meet on Sept .
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1,083
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24 to plot interest-rate strategy .
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1,084
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It already has adopted a bias toward raising rates to keep a lid on wage and price rises and help sustain the 5-1 / 2-year-old economic expansion .
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1,085
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In an interview on the cable television network CNBC Friday , Federal Reserve Governor Lawrence Lindsey said there still were " mixed signals " about the economy 's direction .
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1,086
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" I think that , on balance , it is looking a little bit on the strong side , " Lindsey said .
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1,087
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He added that with expansion as solid as it is and with unemployment so low " the greater risks are clearly that we might see some overheating . "
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1,088
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While July consumer spending rose only slightly , there were ample indications that consumers remained confident .
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1,089
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The University of Michigan 's August index of consumer sentiment , made available on Friday to paying subscribers , rose to 95.3 from 94.7 in July .
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1,090
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Reaser said strong consumer confidence coupled with relatively lean inventories were providing manufacturers with a reason to gear up production .
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1,091
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" The economy is not going to be expanding at the 4.8 percent ( annual ) rate that we had in the second quarter but it is likely to keep expanding in the 3 percent range , " she said , above the 2 percent to 2-1/4 percent that the Fed considers to be non-inflationary .
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1,092
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New orders to factories were strong for durable goods like new cars and for nondurables like paper and food products .
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1,093
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Orders for durable goods , meant to last three years or more , rose a revised 1.7 percent in July after falling 0.2 percent in June .
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1,094
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Orders for nondurables jumped 1.8 percent following a 1.2 percent decrease in June .
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1,095
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Mexican avocados not expected in U.S .
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1,096
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Maggie McNeil
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1,097
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WASHINGTON 1996-08-30
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1,098
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U.S. Agriculture Department officials said Friday that Mexican avocados -- which are restricted from entering the continental United States -- will not likely be entering U.S. markets any time soon , even if the controversial ban were lifted today .
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1,099
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" The opportunity to import ( Mexican avocados ) probably wo n't become possible for another year , " said Paul Drazek , senior trade advisor to Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman .
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" We could lift the ban tomorrow , but that would not mean anything immediately , " said Drazek . "
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1,101
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We probably would not see avacados come in until next season , next November . "
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1,102
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The Agriculture Department proposed more than a year ago to significantly ease an 82-year ban on Mexican avocados .
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1,103
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Under the administration 's proposal , the borders to the Mexican produce would be opened into 19 Northern and Northeastern states from November through February .
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1,104
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The plan has raised a storm of protest from U.S. avocado growers , who are largely concentrated in California .
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1,105
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California growers have charged that removing the restrictions , even on a limited basis , would endanger the $ 1 billion U.S. industry if potentially harmful Mexican insects were brought into the country along with the avocados .
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1,106
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Mexican officials contend that there is no scientific basis for the ban , and that it is illegal under international trading rules of the World Trade Organisation .
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1,107
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Proponents of the plan discount the worries of the U.S. growers and say the plan has enough safeguards built into it to eliminate any significant threat to American producers .
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1,108
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Under the proposal , only imports of export-quality avocados growing in approved orchards in Michoacan , Mexico , the country 's main avocado area , would be allowed .
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1,109
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Mexican growers and distributors would have to abide by strict rules established by the Mexican and U.S. agriculture agencies .
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1,110
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The California Avocado Commission -- which has spearheaded the opposition to lifting the ban -- said new data the group submitted to the Agriculture Department last spring shows the department underestimated the pest problem in Mexico and have urged that the agency reopen its study of the issue .
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1,111
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The administration is still studying the new data , and officials have said that if experts think the information is significant , the agency could reopen its investigation .
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1,112
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But U.S. avocado industry sources said that while they may have delayed the plan for a while , they ultimately do not expect the administration to change its position .
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" From a common-sense view , the department should reconsider this plan , but due to politics they will probably go ahead with this , " said Tom Bellamore of the California avocado group .
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1,114
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Administration officials said they want to get the issue resolved as quickly as possible , but said there is no timetable they are working under .
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" It 's a very complicated issue , " said the Agriculture Department 's Drazek . "
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1,116
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We 'll get it resolved as quickly as we can , based on the best available science . "
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1,117
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U.S. Cardinal Bernardin says has terminal cancer .
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1,118
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CHICAGO 1996-08-30
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1,119
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Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin , head of the second-largest U.S. Roman Catholic archdiocese , said on Friday his doctors had diagnosed him as having liver cancer and he had a year or less to live .
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1,120
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Bernardin , 68 , underwent extensive surgery for pancreatic cancer in June 1995 followed by months of chemotherapy , which he said made him more aware of his own vulnerabilities and the need to minister to the sick .
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1,121
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" On Wednesday , examinations indicated that the cancer has returned , this time in the liver .
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I am told that it is terminal and that my life expectancy is one year or less , " a composed Bernardin told a news conference .
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1,123
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In 14 years as Chicago 's archbishop , he built a prayerful , saintly image and was deeply involved in world church issues and publicly committed to rooting out abuses by clergy .
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1,124
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" I have been assured that I still have some quality time left , " he said , saying he would undergo a new form of chemotherapy but his doctors have told him there was only a slim chance of a cure and the liver cancer was inoperable .
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" It 's not going to be easy to say goodbye to everybody .
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1,126
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Death does have some sad dimensions to it but I am a man of faith , " he said . "
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1,127
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Death is a natural phenomenom . "
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1,128
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He said he would " serve until the end " as cardinal .
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1,129
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Pancreatic cancer is among the most deadly forms of the disease , although Bernardin 's case was caught early .
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1,130
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Surgeons removed a cancerous kidney , parts of his pancreas and stomach , small intestine , bile duct and surrounding tissues .
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1,131
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He made a rapid recovery and resumed most of his duties , but then developed a deteriorating condition in his spine that caused him great pain and shortened his height by several inches .
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He was scheduled to undergo back surgery next month , but that was cancelled when the cancer was discovered in his liver in order to avoid delaying the start of chemotherapy .
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The spare , soft-spoken son of an Italian stonecutter took over the Chicago archdiocese , the nation 's second-largest after Los Angeles , with 2.3 million parishioners , in 1982 .
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1,134
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Ironically , Bernardin , who developed a progressive , much-praised programme to deal with pedophilia involving priests , became the highest-ranking church official ever accused of sexual improprieties when a former seminary student leveled charges in 1993 that he had been sexually abused by Bernardin during the 1970s .
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1,135
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Bernardin steadfastly denied the charges and the former student later recanted his tale of abuse .
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1,136
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Bernardin prayed with him before he died from AIDS last year .
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1,137
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Bernardin , who became archbishop of Cincinnati in 1972 , played an increasingly prominent role in the U.S. church as a moderate voice of compromise among liberals and conservatives in the ranks of the bishops .
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1,138
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This month , he announced that he would oversee a series of conferences to find " common ground " among American Catholics .
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1,139
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Previously , he was instrumental in drafting church policy on war , peace and nuclear arms , and for seven years he headed the bishops ' anti-abortion policy committee , espousing a policy describing human life as a " seamless garment . "
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1,140
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Boatmen 's deal could spark more mergers .
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1,141
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Brad Dorfman
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1,142
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CHICAGO 1996-08-30
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1,143
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The $ 9.5 billion proposed acquisition of Boatmen 's Bancshares Inc. by NationsBank Corp. could spark a flurry of other mergers involving Missouri banks , which until last year were protected from outside buyers by state regulations .
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1,144
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" NationsBank just strolled into the Midwest and bagged the biggest banking trophy in the landscape , " said Michael Ancell , banking industry analyst at Edward D. Jones & Co . "
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1,145
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Whoever wants a big market position in the Midwest has to come in and grab Mercantile or Commerce . "
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1,146
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St. Louis-based Mercantile Bancorp Inc. , a bank holding company with $ 18.04 billion in assets , was seen by many analysts as the most attractive Missouri franchise in size after Boatmen 's .
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1,147
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Kansas City , Mo.-based Commerce Bancshares Inc. , with $ 9.32 billion in assets , also could help a regional bank establish a strong presence in the lower Midwest , analysts added .
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1,148
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" It focuses more attention on Mercantile , Commerce and Roosevelt , " said James Weber , analyst at A.G. Edwards & Sons .
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1,149
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Roosevelt Financial Group Inc is a $ 9.33 billion asset-St .
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1,150
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Louis based thrift .
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" Now ... the most coveted bank out there is Mercantile , " Weber said .
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Mercantile and Commerce did not return phone calls seeking comment .
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Among those seen as having an interest in buying in Missouri are Minneapolis-based First Bank System Inc. and Norwest Corp. , Ohio-based KeyCorp and Banc One Corp. , and First Chicago NBD Corp. in Illinois .
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Representatives of First Bank , Norwest , Banc One and First Chicago said the banks do not comment on rumors of possible mergers or acquisitions .
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KeyCorp , contacted by phone , would not comment .
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With a presence in nine states and $ 41 billion in assets ,
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Boatmen 's was the prize in Missouri , where barriers to outside acquirers were brought down last year by a federal banking statute .
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" Boatmen 's was the plum of Missouri and was the plum of the central Midwest , " Weber said .
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