Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 01/17/2010



Business Wire - Financial Advisors Urge Parents to Dispel Common Money Myths, First Command Reports
January 13, 2010 -- First Command shares advice the companyâÂEURÂ(TM)s Financial Advisors deem most important for fostering financial literacy and responsibility in...

Wireless News - William Mills Agency Issues Latest 'Bankers as Buyers' Annual Survey
January 14, 2010 -- William Mills Agency, an independent public relations firm serving the financial and transactional technology services sectors, released its...

Gunn joins brokerage firm
Mark Gunn has joined the Charlotte office of Highland Capital Brokerage-Mid-Atlantic as Sales Vice President, covering Alabama and Mississippi...

Winnipeg Free Press - Medicure looks to raise capital for drug trials
January 14, 2010 -- MEDICURE INC. has started a formal process to evaluate expressions of interest in the U.S. rights it owns for the low cost heart drug Aggrastat....

How are RIAs approaching social media?
With hope and fear. If they can publish a few blog posts, advisors can extend the life of a public relations story nearly effortlessly...

Business Wire - DMC Green Names Former NASDAQ CFO David Warren to Lead Transition Team
January 15, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a76b0) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- DMC Green, Inc. ( www.dmcgreen.com ) announced today that effective immediately David...

IRA choices abound for smart investors
A much publicized window of opportunity opened in 2010 for anyone who is interested in or considering converting their traditional IRA to a Roth IRA...

Invest in Hand Tools
Forget the market. Invest in yourself and your own skills by getting a decent hand tool kit...

On the move
Leonard Pickering has become a registered representative with American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc...

GUT: Rights Offerings Could Be Better for Advisor than Shareholders
Gabelli Utility Trust's three previous Rights Offerings demonstrates on average such Rights offerings are at best a "wash" for shareholders while being beneficial for the advisor...

Business Wire - Putnam Investments Wins DALBAR Service Awards for the 2Oth Year; Retains Role as Veteran Industry Leader in Service Excellence
January 13, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a13c0) The Firm Was Awarded Five Distinctions in Total in 2009 BOSTON -- Putnam Investments has been...

Business Wire - Marsh Webcast January 27 – Update on Global Insurance Markets, Strategies for Managing Risk amid Economic, Financial Challenges
January 15, 2010 -- Marsh Webcast on state of commercial insurance market, risk management strategies in challenging economic and financial environment to be held...

RBI likely to hold key rates: CMIE
The Reserve Bank could retain the key rates in its forthcoming monetary policy even as inflation has breached the seven-per cent mark in December, much above the central bank's projections, says the economic think-tank CMIE...

New chance with Roth IRAs in 2010
The most noticeable feature of a Roth IRA is that earnings grow on a tax-deferred basis, and, if holding period requirements are met, all distributions can be received free of tax...

Meaden & Moore Welcomes A. Michael Nuzzo to The Wealth Center
The regional accounting and business consulting firm of Meaden & Moore has appointed A. Michael Nuzzo as Financial Advisor with the firm's Wealth Center...

People in business: Area man named to leadership board
Westlake Village resident Javier LaFianza, president and CEO of Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership, has been appointed to the board of directors of Albert Schweitzer's Leadership for Life...

Rusal Ipo may lure more Russians to Hong Kong bourse
MOSCOW: UC RUSAL's planned $2.6 billion stock float in Hong Kong is likely to spur more Russian resource firms to tap Chinese markets for the investment required to bring ambitious projects into production...

EISI Launches New Profiles Versions
Emerging Information Systems Inc. , developer of NaviPlan and Profiles financial planning software, today announced that new versions of Profiles Professional and Profiles Forecaster are now available...

U.N.'s World Health Organization Eyeing Global Tax on Banking, Internet Activity
Interesting read. Link U.N.'s World Health Organization Eyeing Global Tax on Banking, Internet Activity Friday, January 15, 2010 By George Russell The World Health Organization is considering a plan to ask governments to impose a global consumer tax on such things as Internet activity or everyday financial transactions like paying bills online...

Afghan parliament again rejects the majority of Karzai's Cabinet picks
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - The Afghan parliament Saturday once again rejected the majority of President Hamid Karzai's choices for his Cabinet, a rebuke likely to unnerve an international community that desperately wants the Afghan leader to forge ahead with reform plans...

Market Wire - Versata Enterprises Acquires PurchasingNet, Inc.
January 14, 2010 -- Versata Enterprises, Inc. (Versata), a leadingprovider of enterprise software solutions, announced today the acquisitionof PurchasingNet(TM),...

NorthStar Utilities Expands Presence in Caribbean with Selection by.
NorthStar Utilities Expands Presence in Caribbean with Selection by National Water and Sewerage Authority NorthStar Utilities Solutions announced today that National Water and Sewerage Authority , located in St...

Market Wire - Imperial Capital Advises AerSale Holdings, Inc. in Its $250 Million Equity Raise With Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
January 14, 2010 -- Imperial Capital announced todaythe closing of an initial $250 million equity raise for AerSale ("AerSale"or "the Company"), a Coral Gables,...

U.S. Navy, NYPD Respond to Haiti's Devastation
The USNS Comfort cast off lines this morning in Baltimore to begin the race to aid the people of Haiti, according to Jim Garamone of the American Forces Press Service ...

Business Wire - Putnam Investments Wins DALBAR Service Awards for the 2Oth Year; Retains Role as Veteran Industry Leader in Service Excellence
January 13, 2010 -- HASH(0x1e3e310) The Firm Was Awarded Five Distinctions in Total in 2009 BOSTON -- Putnam Investments has been...

Program bridges gaps for disadvantaged youth
In 2006, Communities in Schools in New Braunfels began offering a program to help disadvantaged students bridge the gap between making it out of high school with a diploma and taking the next leap into life...

Business Wire - Get the Most Student Financial Aid to Pay for College
January 13, 2010 -- Top 10 Tips to Maximize Financial Aid for College. $168 billion at stake. Advice from professional aid advisors authorized by the federal...

DiSalvo and Bell Appointments
The regional accounting and business consulting firm of Meaden & Moore has elected David DiSalvo as Vice President - Principal and appointed Lloyd W.W. Bell III to Director, Corporate Finance Group...

Strategies to recover retirement income
The past 18 months have been difficult for the financial markets - and for retirement investors...

Peter Schiff: We need to unleash capitalism again
President of Euro Pacific Capital and author of "Crash Proof 2.0" spoke with Ameriborn News this week about his stance on the current economic policies and what needs to be done to bring the economy back to normal in the United States...



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