Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 02/27/2009

This Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves
Stupidity is contagious. It gets us all from time to time. Even respectable companies can catch it...

American Values: Gary Bauer Praises Dobson as a 'Visionary Pro-Family Leader'
James Dobson's decision to step down as chairman of the Focus on the Family board "not completely unexpected, but an excellent time to reflect on the contributions of a visionary pro-family leader." Bauer, now ...

NVIDIA Names David White, a 30-Year Tech Veteran, as CFO
NVIDIA Corporation today announced it has named David White, a 30-year veteran of the technology industry, as executive vice president and chief financial officer , succeeding Marvin Burkett, whose decision to ...

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,...

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...

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...

Greenberg Traurig Expands Boston Office With Addition of Former.
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that attorney Diego R. Figueroa has joined the firm's Boston office...

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...

Governor Schwarzenegger Appointments - February 27 2009
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments. Sophia Angelis, 17, of Lake Arrowhead, has been appointed to the State Board of Education...

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¦..

Horizons AlphaPro Gartman Fund Files Final Prospectus
Jovian Capital Corporation and its subsidiary AlphaPro Management Inc. are pleased to announce the filing of a final prospectus in respect of the initial public offering of Class A and Class F Units of the ...

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...

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,...

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¦..

O'Leary Global Income Opportunities Fund successfully closes its $102 .
O'Leary Funds Management LP is pleased to announce that the O'Leary Global Income Opportunities Fund has completed today its initial public offering of 8.5 million Units at a price of $12.00 per Unit for ...

OPPORTUNITIES: Networking is key to navigating recession
There have been hundreds of layoffs in the legal market since the financial crisis began, but if you are one of its casualties, you have options and can still create opportunity...

TXCO Resources Announces a Covenant Violation
TXCO Resources Inc. today announced that on February 26, 2009, in connection with the preparation of its 2008 financial statements, the Company determined that it was in violation of the current ratio covenant ...

Promising Stocks in the Bargain Bin: Microsoft
Of all the tidbits of insight I've heard over these past few crazy months, the most telling came from an investor who appeared on CNBC last fall and, being completely serious, advised, "There're only two ...

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¦..

Odds and Edge Probabilities in Day Trading
The whole concept of odds and probabilities is a subject that most beginner traders avoid, but is absolutely one of every professional tradera s secrets for success...

Pacific and Western Bank of Canada Closes Private Placement Offering
27 /CNW/ - Pacific & Western Credit Corp. is pleased to announce that on February 27, 2009 its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific & Western Bank of Canada , completed a private placement closing of $10,000,000 of ...

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...

Insurance giant AIG facing possible breakup
Nearly six months after American International Group Inc. got its first massive bailout from the government, it's still stumbling...

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,...

USHCC to Focus on Helping Hispanic Businesses Gain Access to Credit
WASHINGTON, D.C. a ' The nation's credit crisis has had an extremely negative effect on small businesses, and Hispanic owned businesses have been particularly hard hit...

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

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...

ConvaTec Announces Divestiture of Unomedical Wound Care and Ophthalmics Business
Aspen is a portfolio company of RoundTable Healthcare Partners, an operating-oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry...

Silver in a Deflation
How does silver perform during a deflation? A question many of our readers have asked...

Kochi to become world class cruise destination
KOCHI: The Kochi port's ambitions of becoming a world class cruise destination has received a boost with Kochi being rated high among the recreational port destinations in the world...

Get face time with UFV's career fair March 3
Members of the public interested in finding out more about employment opportunities are also welcome to attend this free event, which runs from 2 until 6 pm...

Insurer AIG's inability to sell units could lead to breakup, more government ownership
Nearly six months after American International Group Inc. got its first massive bailout from the government, it's still stumbling...

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...

Fairfield Selectman Testifies On Madoff Losses
Fairfield First Selectman Ken Flatto shared the town's story of shock and frustration during a forum for lawmakers today after losing what the town believed was $40 million in pension money in the massive Ponzi ...

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