Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 02/18/2010



Sir John Gieve: Time for shake-up at the Bank
Seen by many as the fall guy following the Northern Rock and RBS bailouts, Sir John Gieve speaks out a year after leaving the Bank of England. Barclays Capital's chief Bob Diamond this week told the British public that they should feel 'immensely proud' of his bankers after he unveiled an 11.6bn profit...

Business Wire - Curian Capital Releases Results of 2010 Advisor Outlook Survey
February 16, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a9390) DENVER -- Curian Capital, LLC ( www.Curian.com ) recently surveyed more than 1,800 independent financial...

Stock Market Trends for Indexes and Precious Metals
This report is a mix of both current market action and educational material on how stocks and commodities trend ...

Express & Echo; Exeter (UK) - Not every councillor backed unitary plans
February 15, 2010 -- I WOULD like to clarify for readers that not every member of the city council agreed that Exeter should be granted unitary status on its...

Barry Lynn: Cornered
Author and Financial Times contributor Barry C. Lynn doesn't have good news in his just released nonfiction book Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction ...

Manila Bulletin - TKC Steel seeks partners, funds for expansion
February 16, 2010 -- TKC Steel Corporation has tapped Pricewaterhouse Coopers Financial Advisors Inc. to be its project management adviser to help the company find...

Business Wire - FINRA Fines H&R Block Financial Advisors $200,000 for Inadequate Supervision of Reverse Convertible Notes Sales, Suspends and Fines Broker for Unsuitable Sales to Retired Couple
February 16, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966ac910) Regulator Issues Guidance for Firms and for Retail Investors Regarding Risks, Potential Rewards and...

Taking science to the people
San Diego, California - Sea lions with epilepsy, a car that earns money for its driver, dolphins and climate change: all are on the agenda on Thursday as scientists kick off a major meeting that aims to take science to the people...

U.S. Newswire - Lionsgate Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Tender Offer From Carl
February 16, 2010 -- To: ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS Contact: Peter D. Wilkes, +1-310-255-3726, pwilkes@lionsgate.com, or Andrea Priest or Annabelle Rinehart,...

3 On Your Side: Cash Back Discounts
Share + Feb 17, 2010 11:00 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jim Donovan PHILADELPHIA If you shop at a store often enough, some places will give you special discounts like cash back...

InTrust Advisors Introduces A New Mini Course Designed To Help Investors Find Just Right The Advisor
Frustrated with your investment advisor? InTrust Advisors introduces a new free email mini-course entitled "Five Days to a World Class Investment Advisor" to help investors find just the right Advisor for them...

Britain posts first deficit for January since records began
Britain reported its first budget deficit for January since records began as government spending rose and tax receipts fell sharply...

Talk is cheap when it comes to Indian economy
Talk is magnified by the rise of India's fiercely competitive 24-hour business TV channels...

Restaurant health violations double in N.B.
Even though the number of restaurants shut down for health violations in New Brunswick increased dramatically last year, that doesn't mean there are more unsafe establishments out there...

Market Wire - EVCARCO Inc. Information to Be Available Through Standard & Poor's' Market Access Program
February 15, 2010 -- EVCARCO Inc. (OTCBB: EVCA) announced today that its company information will be made available via Standard & Poor's' Market Access Program, an...

Two-way race for school board spot
When voters in the towns of Meredith, Center Harbor and Sandwich head to the polls on March 9 they'll be asked to vote for one of two candidates seeking to represent the town of Meredith on the Inter-Lakes School Board...

Summit Brokerage Services Welcomes New Advisors
BOCA RATON, FL, February 18, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Lewis Pasquin of Mamaroneck, NY has joined Summit Brokerage Services located in Boca Raton, Florida...

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Beaumont Estates conducts annual food drive for IAM
On Feb. 13, Beaumont Estates of Flat Rock conducted its Annual Food Drive to benefit Interfaith Assistant Ministry of Henderson County...

RiskMetrics questions Novartis merger proposal
The Alcon Independent Director Committee of Alcon, Inc. today announced that RiskMetrics Group, Inc., a global leader in risk management, corporate governance and financial research and analysis, has raised concerns about the adequacy of the merger proposal by Novartis AG to Alcon's minority shareholders and the legality of any attempt by Novartis ...

U.S. Newswire - Genesis Fluid Solutions Holdings, Inc. Information to be Available
February 16, 2010 -- To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: John Liviakis of Liviakis Financial Communications, Inc., +1-415-389-4670, John@Liviakis.com,...

Al Bawaba - Commodities Offer Good Investment Opportunity for 2010
February 16, 2010 -- JP Morgan Asset Management Predicts Demand for Commodities Will Continue to Rise in Emerging Economies Along-side Urbanisation...

Hedge funds still favour London despite tax fears
Heavy tax demands on London's under-fire hedge fund industry are unlikely to spark an exodus of operators to rival financial hubs such as Dublin or Geneva, a survey by property advisor Cushman & Wakefield showed...

Live chat: Smart investment tips for all
Financial planning chat with Sailesh Multani Want to plan your finances, yet don't know how to go about it? Do the varied products in the market leave you totally confused? You keep stalling your investment plans as you are too nervous to make a beginning? Don't worry, help is at hand...

a Sandwich generation' needs to work to avoid financial squeeze
Are you a member of the "Sandwich Generation"? This designation - which applies to people caring for their aging parents while supporting their own children - may be applicable to you if you're either a younger Baby Boomer, born in the late 1950s or early 1960s, or an older member of "Generation X," born in the mid-1960s. But any way you slice it, ...

Al Bawaba - Landmark Dar Al-Arkan Sukuk Successfully Closes At US$450 Million
February 14, 2010 -- Unicorn Investment Bank (Unicorn), the Bahrain-based financial services group, announces the successful close of a US$450 million 5- year...

Business Wire - J.P. Morgan to Acquire Select Assets of RBS Sempra Commodities
February 16, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a32c0) NEW YORK -- J.P. Morgan announced today that it will acquire RBS Sempra CommoditiesâÂEURÂ(TM) global oil,...

Obama, Dalai Lama meeting may hurt U.S., China relations
Despite strong objections from the Chinese government, President Obama will meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, at the White House on Thursday...

It's time to think about RRSPs
Editor's note: The following story is the first in a two-part series examining RRSPs...

AMRI Acquires Excelsyn Ltd.
AMRI today announced the acquisition of Excelsyn Ltd., a well recognized leader in providing chemical development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical industry in Europe...



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