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WASHINGTON

The uneasy truce between bank and securities regulators over loan-loss reserves has unraveled. Page 2

A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled that the OCC exceeded its authority by allowing KeyCorp subsidiaries in neighboring states to merge. Page 2

COMMUNITY/REGIONAL

CVB Financial in Ontario, Calif., is buying nearby Orange National Bancorp for $77.2 million-more than three times book value and nearly 22 timesearnings. Page 6

MORTGAGES

A $6 million lawsuit over unwanted e-mail may make banks and mortgage companies think twice about hiring outside marketers. Page 7

VIEWPOINTS Page 8

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS

Three executives from computer and Internet companies delivered blunt assessments of how e-commerce will affect the investment industry at a trade group conference. Page 10

TECHNOLOGY

As cyberspace grows, financial institutions need to modify their competitive strategy, Diogo Teixeira writes. Page 11

DIGITAL FRONTIERS

Ben Miller, who runs the annual Cardtech/ Securtech conferences, has a way of sending messages with his choice of keynote speakers. Page 12

MARKETS

Dismissing talk that KeyCorp might be contemplating a merger, the CEO said that the company is planning to cut costs during the next two years. Page 22

Investors resisted the urge to bet on which California bank would be the next to go after U.S. Bancorp's deal with Western Bancorp. Back page

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