Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 02/28/2009

Lauri Matson | Computer Cache | Switch to digital television should improve picture, sound quality
There has been a lot of talk lately regarding the new Digital TV . By law, television stations nationwide were set to convert to DTV by Feb...

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...

Police cite breast-feeding driver for endangering - AP
A A A' Police in Ohio say a woman has been charged with child endangering after another motorist reported she was both breast-feeding a youngster and talking on a phone while driving...

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...

the price of skin*
Star reporter Allan Woods writes: "Harper says.the pace of change in Washington could leave him struggling to catch his breath..The conservatives have pledged to keep pace with Washington both to do what is ...

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,...

Iraq hero Johnson Beharry attacks government over troops' trauma treatment
The army's most decorated serving war hero today claimed the government was failing to care for soldiers with mental trauma caused by combat in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

Crisis is not over yet, worse still to come: Putin
MOSCOW: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned yesterday the worst of the economic crisis is still ahead and vowed Russia would not permit 'selfish' protests like those seen in other countries...

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¦..

Time may be right to convert to Roth IRA
But it's possible that you could take an even bigger step- by converting your IRA to a Roth IRA...

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¦..

Government bonds: An 'inverse' strategy
Posted Feb 28th 2009 11:30AM by Steven Halpern Filed under: Newsletters , Mutual funds , Recession This post is part of a 12-article feature that can be read here: Today's best income ideas ...

Roth IRA Investments in Real Estate. Hot in 2008 Believe it or Not
You've got a Roth IRA and you're thinking a lot lately about returns on your IRA when times get tough, like now...

UN chief defends peacekeeping mission in Congo - AP
A A A' The U.N. chief on Saturday called for close collaboration between Congo's government and the U.N.'s beleaguered peacekeeping mission there, but said its mandate is to support, not substitute for, action ...

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...

Municipal Bonds May Be Good For Your Portfolio
Stocks and other equity investments are an important part of your investment mix but you may also want to consider some fixed income investments like municipal bonds...

Obama must forget image and nationalise US banks
The President's Image-making Department is a well-oiled machine - unlike his Office for Policy Advice...

Karzai asks for new date for presidential election - AP
A A A' President Hamid Karzai issued a decree Saturday asking Afghanistan's election commission to set a new date for the country's presidential election, throwing into doubt a decision by the commission to ...

LA's biggest baseball hero spurns $45m deal
If it were a Hollywood film, the title would be A Question of Loyalty. It is bad enough that David Beckham is on the cusp of abandoning the Los Angeles Galaxy football team to return to the real world of ...

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 - 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...

Obama tells powerful lobbies: Bring it on - AP
A A A' President Barack Obama challenged the nation's vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change health care, energy and education in dramatic ways that will upset the ...

Earliest modern gait found in ancient footprints - AP
A A A' More than a million years ago an ancient human ancestor walked across a sandy plain in eastern Africa, leaving footprints that scientists are now hailing as the earliest evidence of modern upright ...

Sister Cities travel program helps students travel the globe for education, adventure
Karisa Herrigstad spent nine months in Spain as part of an Anacortes Rotary Club student exchange...

Fossil skull of giant toothy seabird found in Peru - AP
A A A' The unusually intact fossilized skull of a giant, bony-toothed seabird that lived up to 10 million years ago was found on Peru's arid southern coast, researchers said Friday...

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...

Board eyes savings on new construction
The Grayson County School board could save money when the construction of the new Clarkson Elementary School is completed...

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

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...

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...

Lavish bash marks Mugabe's 85th birthday - AP
A A A' Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Saturday that land seizures would continue, and he called for the country's last white farmers to leave...

200+ NYC "Tea Party" Protests Obama as Socialist, Communist, Hitler, Etc.
One of the anti-Obama "tea parties," inspired by a rant by CNBC's Rick Santelli and encouraged by prominent rightwing bloggers , was held in City Hall Park today between 2 and 3 p.m. The event drew between 200 ...

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