Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 02/26/2009

America's Next Top Growth Stock
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How to Profit From Change
In his book The Black Swan, former derivatives trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb describes "black swans" as events that have three characteristics: rarity, extreme impact, and retrospective predictability...

Hong Kong's First FREE English Newspaper
China Life Insurance , the mainland's largest life insurance firm, is still talking with beleaguered American International Group about buying its Asian unit - American International Assurance, the mainland's ...

Commentary by Tom Grimm: Protect your money
Well it has happened again, and this time in our neighborhood.literally! Another so called financial planner has stolen from those who trusted him - his clients...

3 Reasons to Sell MasterCard Today
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NovaGold Resources Inc.: NovaGold Provides Update on New Galore Creek Project Advisors
EUR¦ financial advisor to assist the Company in securing financing for its Galore Creek copper-gold-silver project in northwestern British Columbia EUR¦..

Allegiance Capital Acquires Significant Collection from Rising International Artist
Allegiance Capital Corporation, a full-service investment banking firm servicing middle market companies worldwide, has announced its purchase of a number of works from international artist Donray...

Tarrant Apparel Group Signs Merger Agreement
Tarrant Apparel Group , a design and sourcing company for private label and private brand casual apparel, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Sunrise Acquisition Company, ...

Copper Mesa announces review of strategic alternatives
Copper Mesa Mining Corporation today announced that it is reviewing its strategic alternatives, including, but not limited to, the sale of certain assets and, alternatively, the potential sale of the Company...

PR Newswire - Top 50 Fee-Only Advisers in U.S. Announced
February 17, 2009 -- Columbus, OH firm secures prestigious ranking COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The wealth management firm of Budros, Ruhlin & Roe,...

Retirees must make (at least) five key financial decisions
When you're working, you have a financial strategy that is largely based on one goal: saving money for a comfortable retirement...

Florida man sentenced for defrauding Fulton County Sheriff's Department
A former investment advisor with MetLife Financial Services who defrauded the Fulton County Sheriff's Department in 2003 was sentenced Nov. 15 to prison and was ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution EUR¦..

Market Wire - JPB Accounting Services to Provide Bill-Paying Services to NFL Athletes in Partnership With Williams Asset Management
February 17, 2009 -- JPB Accounting Services, LLC, a premierprovider of outsourced accounting and financial management services in theBaltimore-Washington corridor,...

Business Wire - Top 10 Ways to Get More Student Aid
February 18, 2009 -- Students in 9 States and 765 Colleges Face March 1st Deadline SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- With the first state deadlines for student aid fast...

Business Wire - MMC CEO Brian Duperreault to Speak at Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor Conference on February 24
February 17, 2009 -- NEW YORK -- Brian Duperreault, President and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC), will speak at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor...

Business Wire - CUSO Financial Services L.P. Enters Phase 2 of Its Own "Economic Stimulus Package"
February 18, 2009 -- CFS provides discounts and subsidies to support education of investment advisors and financial management technology products to support customers...

First Trust Announces Redemption of Energy Income and Growth Fund Series B Auction Rate Energy Notes
First Trust Advisors L.P. announced today that Energy Income and Growth Fund , a closed-end fund managed by FTA, intends to redeem all of its outstanding Series B Auction Rate Energy Notes with financing ...

5 Stocks in a Tailspin
Individual stocks can surge 10%, 25%, or even higher in a short period of time. And they can fall just as far, just as quickly...

Bear Stearns Ordered to Pay $27.3 Million in Damages to Investors for .
According to the recent decision by Ninth Judicial Circuit Court General Magistrate James E. Glatt, Jr., Bear Stearns misrepresented the nature of its investment strategy to NHL...

Financial Futures
Washington Post columnist Martha Hamilton and financial advisor Diahann W. Lassus were online to answer questions about how to make smart decisions while preparing for retirement EUR¦..

Market Wire - QuStream Corporation Announces Appointment of Robert Beutel to Its Board of Directors
February 17, 2009 -- QuStream Corporation ("QuStream" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: QVC), an innovative global provider of high-definition (HD) broadcast solutions,...

Online Resources Posts Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results
Online Resources Corporation , a leading provider of web-based financial services, today reported financial and operating results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2008...

Business Wire - Derailed Boomers Nearing Retirement Make Seismic Changes to Their Plans
February 18, 2009 -- New Survey of Affluent Boomers at 60 Reveals Plans to Work Longer and Cut Spending OAKLAND, Calif. -- More than half of affluent 60-year-olds are...

Market Wire - Investment Advisors Reposition Their Businesses in Tough Economic Times but Remain Optimistic, According to National Survey
February 18, 2009 -- In the midst of difficult economicconditions, advisors are looking at different approaches for positioningtheir businesses and overcoming the...

3 Reasons to Buy MasterCard Today
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Study Shows Disconnect between African Americans' Attitudes and.
February 26, 2009--African Americans are more optimistic about their financial future over the next year than the general population, but the majority of those responding acknowledge they don't have a financial ...

Five key decisions for retirees
When you're working, you have a financial strategy that is largely based on one goal: saving money for a comfortable retirement...

NovaGold Provides Update on New Galore Creek Project Advisors
EUR¦ financial advisor to assist the Company in securing financing for its Galore EUR¦..

Recession Fuels Savings Spree Among Canadians; BMO's Dr. Sherry Cooper Discusses New Report
A new report from BMO Financial Group shows the current recession has pushed Canadians into saving more of their hard-earned dollars while supplementing their incomes through additional employment or second ...

Melly: Cushion economy from crisis
The Government has been urged to come up with policies to tackle global financial crisis...

Economic Slump Likely to Mean M&A Surge among Nonprofits
A Bridgespan Group poll of nonprofit executive directors found 20% of 117 respondents stated that mergers could play a role in how they responded to the economic downturn...

Business Wire - Prudential Financial Focus of New Website from UNITE HERE
February 18, 2009 -- New Resource for Broker-Dealers, Policyholders NEW YORK -- The labor union UNITE HERE has launched www.PrudentialAnnuityAlert.info, an...

Guilty of manslaughter in mistaken identity trial
Antonette Richardson has been found guilty of the manslaughter of innocent shopper Kevin Tripp in the case of mistaken identity Every fortnight one parent in Britain is jailed for allowing their child to skip ...

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) - Fury at death driver
February 17, 2009 -- A GRANDFATHER said justice had not been done today after a foreign lorry driver who "butchered" six members of his family in a motorway...

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