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Vanguard Group said Tuesday it has expanded its e-signature technology on its Web site (https://www.vanguard.com) to enable new clients to open accounts in paperless transactions. Since October, existing clients have had the ability to open a new Vanguard brokerage account on the firm’s Web site via e-signature. Vanguard is among the first firms to offer this service to prospective customers as well. On Oct. 1, a new law made electronic signatures a legal form of signing a contract. . . .