Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 02/08/2010



Market Wire - American Diversified Holdings Announces New Value Based Business Initiatives
February 5, 2010 -- American Diversified Holdings Corporation(PINKSHEETS: ADHC) announces a new mission and strategy for the new decade.Citing "new opportunities"...

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...

Indian economy recovers with 7.2% growth
India's economy should expand by 7.2 per cent this fiscal year, the government forecast on Monday, as growth heads back to the robust levels seen before the global financial crisis...

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. ...

Market Beat: Economists' defense of deficit spending
In crisis there usually is opportunity. Now, here's the opportunity if the latest global financial-market upheaval worsens: The U.S. government, still the borrower that never lacks for lenders, can launch a major economic-stimulus plan to be financed by yet more sales of Treasury securities...

William K. Black: Open letter to BofA Chairman: Racist Bank Adviser in Germany Must Go
I am writing in my individual capacity. It came to my attention yesterday that Bank of America's "senior advisor" in Germany is Hans-Olaf Henkel...

Your tax return and the IRS
The Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, has simplified the process of checking tax returns by looking for certain 'red flag' items...

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It can be tough to involve a spouse in the family portfolio. In many households there's a natural division of labour; and if one person always looks after the finances, there's little motivation for the other spouse to get involved...

Evening Standard; London (UK) - Mackay's relief over Loach
February 4, 2010 -- WATFORD manager Malky Mackay thanked chairman Graham Taylor and his board for rejecting a deadline day bid for goalkeeper Scott Loach....

A deep split on spending versus restraint
Sunday, February 7, 2010 12:19 PM A deep split on spending versus restraint Bruce Anderson A s G7 finance ministers ponder the economic choices facing the world, all of them are no doubt thinking about domestic political consequences too...

Four German pensioners are on trial for the alleged kidnapping of their financial advisor.
Four wealthy German pensioners, infuriated when their investments disappeared last year during the recession, are on trial in Bavaria for allegedly kidnapping and holding hostage their asset manager...

Business Wire - Airgas Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Air Products
February 5, 2010 -- HASH(0xd53720) Stockholders Advised to Take No Action Pending Review by AirgasâÂEURÂ(TM) Board of Directors ...

Business Wire - TD AMERITRADE Institutional Survey Shows Practice Management is Top Focus for RIAs in 2010
February 4, 2010 -- TD AMERITRADE INSTITUTIONAL SURVEY SHOWS PRACTICEMANAGEMENT IS TOP FOCUS FOR RIAs IN 2010 With Market Rebound, Advisors Taking...

Tough Times Are Boom Times For Scams
Complaints abound as con artists, often using the Web, target the down and out. It's almost counter-intuitive, but the recently ended recession still casting a big pall over the economy is proving to be a boom for one sector: scams...

Cantor Fitzgerald Adds Investment Advisory Services To Its Growing Platform
Cantor Fitzgerald announced the creation of its new Investment and Advisory Business in Cantor's Investment Capital Markets Group...

Business Wire - TD AMERITRADE Institutional Outlines Programs; Product Enhancements to Help Independent Advisors Gain a Competitive Edge in 2010
February 4, 2010 -- TD AMERITRADE INSTITUTIONAL OUTLINES PROGRAMS; PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS TO HELP INDEPENDENT ADVISORS GAIN A COMPETITIVE EDGE IN 2010 New...

Evening Standard; London (UK) - Mackay's relief over Loach
February 4, 2010 -- WATFORD manager Malky Mackay thanked chairman Graham Taylor and his board for rejecting a deadline day bid for goalkeeper Scott Loach....

Market Wire - Stonebridge Associates Advises Serica Technologies, Inc. on Sale to Allergan
February 5, 2010 -- Allergan, Inc., a leading multi-specialtyhealthcare company, acquired Serica Technologies, Inc. (Serica), a developerof silk-based biomaterials...

Australia's DEEWR Chooses AVIcode's Application Monitoring to.
AVIcode, Inc., a leading provider of real-time, always-on application monitoring solutions, today announced that Australia's Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has chosen the company's Intercept Studio and Advisor products to better manage the performance and stability of internally developed applications...

Index swings spur ETF rush
Exchange traded funds, the financial products that track the ups and downs of stock market indexes, seem poised to take Canada by storm, suggest financial advisors...

Ahwatukee seniors to fight to keep Pecos Center open
Ahwatukee senior citizens this week planned a battle strategy to preserve the Pecos Senior Center, which could close permanently in April if the city does not find enough money in its budget to keep it open...

Cetera Hires Schwab Executive
Barnaby Grist will join the newly minted Cetera Financial Group as executive vice president, wealth management, effective Wednesday...

German pensioners in kidnap trial
Four disgruntled pensioners have appeared in a German court, accused of tying up and holding hostage their financial advisor after sustaining heavy losses in US property investments...

Telegraph - Herald; Dubuque, Iowa - tri-state people
February 5, 2010 -- Jeff Becker, trust and investment officer at First Community Bank of Galena, was recently awarded the Certified Trust & Financial Advisor...

Triangle United Way honors 6 firms
SunTrust Bank, The Redwoods Group, Rex Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline and Syngenta Biotechnology each received Corporate Spirit Award for contributions to United Way of the Greater Triangle.A SunTrust Bank, The Redwoods Group, Rex Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline and Syngenta Biotechnology each received Corporate Spirit Award for contributions to United ...

DEX Member Brings Home Gold from Regional Competition
On Friday, February 5, 2010, seven members of the Bay State College Delta Epsilon Chi Chapter met their advisor at 6:30 AM, at the Back Bay Station, headed for Providence, Rhode Island, and their first experience in competition...

Don't Convert to a Roth IRA If.
Everyone we know is talking about "converting" to a Roth IRA this year. My husband and I are 44 and 43-years old, we've got two kids, and both of us work...

Pensioners' kidnapping of financial advisor was a 'holiday invitation'
Four wealthy German pensioners, infuriated when their investments disappeared last year during the recession, are on trial in Bavaria for allegedly kidnapping and holding hostage their asset manager...

Hanmi To Explore Strategic Alternatives
Hanmi Financial Corp. on Monday said that its board authorized management to explore a broad range of strategic alternatives for its struggling Koreatown bank...



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