The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at National Bank of Canada, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.

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Despite several rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, and additional efforts by the central bank to pump cash into the banking system to ease the credit crunch, banks are still finding the need to raise additional capital by either slashing their dividend, as National City Corp. did last week, or selling stakes to outside investors.

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Despite several rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, and additional efforts by the central bank to pump cash into the banking system to ease the credit crunch, banks are still finding the need to raise additional capital by either slashing their dividend, as National City Corp. (nyse: NCC - news - people ) did last week, or selling stakes to outside investors.

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