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Ted Allrich is the founder of The Online Investor and author of the book Comfort Zone Investing: Build Wealth and Sleep Well at Night . In this weekly column, he'll offer advice to investors who are just getting started. The economy is going through ...

Bank trio becomes duo. Wells Fargo ( WFC ) will become the largest U.S. bank by branches with its bid for Wachovia ( WB ), after Citigroup ( C ) withdrew from compromise negotiations late yesterday on concerns about the quality of some of Wachovia's ...