National Bank's Quebec-centricity tr�s Profitable

The Globe and Mail, Konrad Yakabuski, 14 December 2005Montreal -- His predecessor used to bemoan the "Pepsi factor" -- his words, not ours -- but National Bank of Canada's Quebec-centricity has been tr�s profitable for chief executive officer R�al Raymond.Canada's sixth-largest bank has finally outgrown the "also-ran" label that used to sum up its status when analysts compared it to the Big Five.