11.   It is the largest publicly traded regional brokerage firm.

12.   Now, Wall Street firms, among them Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns, and regional brokerages are finding ways to capture some of this business for themselves.

13.   One way to do it is through regional brokerage firms.

14.   One way to select a regional brokerage firm is to choose an industry, which will probably lead to a particular part of the country.

15.   Some analysts expect the rule to lead to a new round of mergers involving smaller banks and regional brokerage firms.

16.   So, too, would regional brokerages like Legg Mason and Raymond James.

17.   The stocks of other regional brokerage firms rose today.

18.   The Wall Street Journal, quoting an unnamed SEC official, reported that Levitt sent similar letters to several Wall Street and regional brokerages selected at random.

19.   Whitman said he has been selling shares of a regional brokerage firm he has held for years.

20.   With regional brokerages on both coasts, a Midwest acquisition would seem to make sense, no?