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Fannie Mae: Reach out to minorities
An executive tells bay area agents and lenders that's where the growth is in homebuying.

Greenspan: Economy in 'soft patch,' will pick up
He says the Fed will be ready to quickly reverse course and start pushing interest rates higher to keep inflation in check.

Doctor looks to heal system
The American Medical Association president hears constant complaints about the profession.

SEC examines Raymond James
Regulators are looking into how the company handled reported concerns of possible insider trading in Dallas.

Grubman: I made up AT&T story
NEW YORK -- Jack Grubman, a star Wall Street analyst during the heyday for technology stocks, said Wednesday he made up a story about using his ratings of AT&T stock to help his boss win a power struggle at Citigroup Inc.

Business Today
BLUES, BAYCARE TALKING: Representatives of BayCare Health System and BlueCross BlueShield of Florida are back at the negotiating table, trying to revive a relationship that ended when the parties' contract expired Sept. 30. A spokeswoman for BayCare, a network of seven hospitals, said the two sides are "seriously back at the table." A spokesman for the Jacksonville insurer said, "There's been enough movement that everybody feels confident we can come to an agreement in fairly short order." Neither would speculate on a timetable for resolution of the deadlock that has affected 300,000 local BlueCross members. BlueCross said in late October it had reached a new contract agreement with BayCare's biggest competitor, HCA Inc., which has nine hospitals in the Tampa Bay area.