Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 02/04/2010



Business Wire - HealthTrans, a Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Completes a Private Equity Financing
February 2, 2010 -- SDR Ventures, Inc. announces a minority recapitalization of HealthTran, LLC d/b/a HealthTrans with equity capital provided by ABRY Partners. ...

Business People
Ruth Faklis , director of the Prairie Trails Public Library District, has been named president of Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, Oak Brook...

Live Sport Reports: Pompey get owner number four
Portsmouth have a fourth owner of the season after a takeover by Hong Kong businessman Balram Chainrai was confirmed - and the club could have a fifth before the year is out...

Portsmouth: Chainrai keen to stabilise then sell
Portsmouth have a fourth owner within six months after a takeover by Hong Kong businessman Balram Chainrai was confirmed today - and the club could have a fifth before the season is out...

Succession Planning for Accountants
Accountants are often considered the trusted advisor to business owners. Yet, when it comes to their own practices, we often find they have not paid enough attention to critical issues at the office...

Business Wire - Allied Capital Responds to Prospect Capital Corporation Letter
February 3, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a3e90) WASHINGTON -- Allied Capital Corporation (NYSE: ALD) announced today that it has issued the following letter...

Finding honest Iht Ifa
My wife and I are coming up to retirement and we need to get help planning for inheritance tax mitigation and pension planning After being "rooked" by a "financial advisor" in the past my broad questions are.As I don't know any IFA's how do I find a suitable one - " Yellow Pages? What questions do I need to put to that person to find if he/she is ...

Business Wire - MasterCard Board of Directors Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend
February 2, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966afd40) PURCHASE, N.Y. -- MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared...

Foreign ownership curbs stall realty sales 2010-02-04 10:32
Property developers in the country are at the crossroads. While the skyrocketing prices signal improved prospects for companies, the government's plan to cool down the sector and the absence of foreign buyers indicates that all is not well on the realty front...

Business Wire - Direct Downloads to TurboTax Make Tax Time Easier
February 3, 2010 -- Investors affiliated with Commonwealth Financial NetworkâÂEURÂ(TM)s financial advisors can import 2009 tax information directly into TurboTax. ...

Beware the "F" word: Fee structures are complex
Investors pay fees, as they do for any professional service, but many have not given them sufficient thought...

Al-Qaeda Unites with Somali Islamist Rebels
In a statement that comes as no surprise to U.S. security and law enforcement experts, the Somali-based Muslim terroristA group al-ShababA announced that its fighters are aligned with al-Qaeda's globalA terriorism campaign...

Market Wire - Imperial Capital LLC Advises Odyssey Investment Partners on the Acquisition of Wencor Group LLC
February 3, 2010 -- Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC announcedyesterday the closing of the acquisition of Wencor Group LLC ("Wencor" orthe "Company"), the world...

Blue Ocean Alpha Revolutionizes ETF Portfolio Outsourcing
Blue Ocean Alpha offers an outsourced, turnkey approach that allows Advisors to focus their time and efforts on growing their businesses while still controlling the existing client relationships," said Richard Romey, president of ETF Portfolio Partners.Delivering proven, consistent and professional ETF portfolio management, along with exceptional ...

Oakland Tribune - Bank of the West losses fall
February 3, 2010 -- Bank of the West was pummeled by a $78.1 million loss in its fourth quarter, but the financial battering for the regional bank has eased greatly...

Business Wire - ALL Fuels Agrees to Valero's Offer of $100 Million to Sell the Renew Energy Ethanol Plant in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Valero Then Says ''No Deal''
February 3, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966b1820) DES MOINES, Iowa -- ALL Fuels & Energy announced that its subsidiary, ALL Fuels - Jefferson, LLC, has agreed...

Business Wire - Cambridge Names Reineke as Senior Vice President of Operations & Technology and Jerry Oliver as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
February 2, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966ab4b0) Gary Gagnon Named Vice President of Technology FAIRFIELD, Iowa -- Cambridge Investment Research,...

Career choices open eyes of WDM students
Talented and gifted students from West Des Moines elementary schools had a taste of the real world last week at a four-hour workshop that spotlighted careers for students to consider...

Pompey get owner number four
Portsmouth have a fourth owner of the season after a takeover by Hong Kong businessman Balram Chainrai was confirmed - and the club could have a fifth before the year is out...

Chainrai takes over Pompey, but seeks new owner
Portsmouth have been taken over by Balram Chainrai, after he exercised his right to buy 90% shareholding, but the Hong Kong businessman has no interest in running the club himself...

Colonial optimistic despite first-round numbers
On Sunday evening, Colonial Club picked up its smallest first-round class in at least a decade...

FBR facing difficulty in achieving revenue target
ISLAMABAD: Tax authorities are facing difficulties in achieving the revenue collection target of Rs 1,380 billion for the current fiscal year 2009-10 as provisional tax collection for January stood at Rs 104 billion against the set target of Rs 124 billion, paving the way for witnessing a substantial shortfall by end June 2010...

Business Wire - TD AMERITRADE Institutional Brings Focus to the Blurring Line between Brokers and Advisors
February 3, 2010 -- TD AMERITRADE INSTITUTIONAL BRINGS FOCUS TO THE BLURRING LINE BETWEEN BROKERS AND ADVISORSWhite paper tackles investor confusion about the terms...

Students pose to protest tuition increases
Students were invited to hold comic-like speech bubbles for photos which will be turned into postcards and delivered to the Board of Governers when they vote on the proposal for market modifiers and compulsory fees...

Newsmakers: OP Development Corp. appoints new vice president
Nicolette Vander Meer has been appointed vice president of the Oak Park Development Corporation...

News and FDA Updates for Poniard
BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions...

The Value Quotient Announces Release of CLIENTconnect Fiduciary Management Solutions
The Value Quotient announced the release of CLIENTconnect fiduciary management solutions delivered by financial advisors to their 401 and 403 clients...

Business Milestones
Couples' card game on sale for Valentine's Day Stop & Kiss: a Card Game for Couples, developed by Livonia resident Lynn Baldwin, is available for $14.25 through Feb...

Business Wire - Waddell & Reed, Ivy Funds Hold Top Two Spots in Barron’s 5-Year Ranking of “Best Mutual Fund Families”
February 2, 2010 -- Barron award Fund Families Top the 5-Year List for Two Years Running OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Waddell & Reed...

Chainrai takes over Pompey, but seeks new owner
Portsmouth have been taken over by Balram Chainrai, after he exercised his right to buy 90% shareholding, but the Hong Kong businessman has no interest in running the club himself...



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