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Riggs sale in trouble? (UPDATE: Maybe not)

By Andrew Cochran

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the sale of Riggs to PNC might be in jeopardy after Riggs's guilty plea yesterday. Maybe it's a negotiating ploy to lower the price, and maybe the end of Riggs won't be as neat as first thought. UPDATE: The Pittsburgh press is reporting that there is no problem.