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UVEST Financial Services.

San Diego-based Linsco/Private Ledger agreed to buy Charlotte-based UVEST Financial Services. Both are independent brokerages. Terms were not disclosed. UVEST will keep its name and employees--about 230 in Charlotte. LPL also plans to establish an operations center--including a call center,

marketing personnel and compliance specialists--in the Queen City. It will lease 78,000 square feet and add 300 jobs there by mid-2008.

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