Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/05/2009



Market Wire - SVB Financial Group Invests in InsideVenture
February 24, 2009 -- InsideVenture, Inc. today announced that SVBFinancial Group has made a capital investment and also signed on as thePresenting Sponsor of its...

Business Wire - Research and Markets: Financial Advisors' Views of the Financial Crisis
February 25, 2009 -- DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/846a06/financial_advisors) has announced the addition of the...

Zoom Media & Marketing Attracts $30 Million Investment to Expand.
Zoom Media & Marketing , a leading provider of targeted & digital out-of-home media and promotional programs for brand advertisers in the United States announced today that it has raised $30 million through the ...

What Does the Drop in the Dow to Its Lowest Point in 11 Years Mean to You?
Let's face it - times are tough! The Dow, real estate, money market, interest rates, the banking system and the global economy are all in a downward spiral...

Business Wire - Puritan Financial Group, Inc. Signs Binding Letter of Intent To Acquire TRAC Indemnity Insurance Company
February 24, 2009 -- DESTIN, Fla. -- Puritan Financial Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PTNG) announced today it has signed a Binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire TRAC...

PR Newswire - OppenheimerFunds, Inc. Introduces 'The Art of the Client Review: Special Edition'
February 24, 2009 -- New Tool Aims to Help Financial Advisors Reconnect with Clients; Proprietary Research Classifies Clients into 8 Investor Segments NEW YORK,...

Human resources firm Gevity to be taken private
Human resources firm Gevity HR Inc agreed to be acquired by privately held TriNet Group Inc for about $98 million in cash Under the terms of the deal, TriNet said it would acquire all of Gevity shares for $4.00 ...

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

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 EURŠ..

Miami Dade College students see opportunity in sinking stock market
For months, the stock market has been sinking, and retirees and those anywhere close to the end of their working lives have felt the stabbing pain of the jagged line that shows the precipitous drop in its ...

A Golden Correction for Long Traders
Gold and gold stocks have had a nice controlled correction over the past 9 days...

Seventy-Eight Financial Firms Adopt FundQuest's ActivePassive Portfolios
FundQuest's ActivePassive Portfolios are now available on the managed account platforms of 78 financial advisory firms...

Stop Paying for Big Losses
If you pay a professional advisor to help you with your investments, you might expect that you'd receive better treatment now that the bear market has decimated your portfolio ...

Business Wire - Culpability Scope to Widen in Madoff Matter, Says Intergenerational Wealth Preservation, Inc. Non-Lawyer Litigation Support Service
February 24, 2009 -- Israel Lustig, CEO of Intergenerational Wealth Preservation, Inc., Says Culpability Scope Widens to Client's Own Advisors, Gatekeepers NEW YORK...

Beyond Downadup: Security expert worries about smart phone, TinyURL threats
Don't get Patrik Runald wrong: the Downadup worm has been a big deal. It's just that F-Secure's chief security advisor doesn't want people overlooking the other 29,999 malware files his company sees a day, or ...

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

McGladrey Capital Markets Leads Negotiations as Lufkin Industries Acquires International Lift Systems
Lufkin Industries, Inc. , a global supplier of oil field and power transmission products, has acquired International Lift Systems LLC, a manufacturer of artificial lift systems...

McGladrey Capital Markets Leads Negotiations as Vitalize Consulting.
Vitalize Consulting Solutions Inc., a portfolio company of SV Life Sciences and Ferrer Freeman & Company, LLC, has acquired r3 Health Partners, LLC...

Chinese leaders call for fresh development by overcoming difficulties
Chinese leaders joined deputies to the National People's Congress , the country's top legislature, in deliberating the government work report Thursday, calling for concerted efforts to overcome difficulties and ...

Business Wire - Brewer Financial Services Continues to Expand, Adding Four Advisors With $175 Million in AUM
February 25, 2009 -- CHICAGO -- Brewer Financial Services, the full-service broker dealer division of Brewer Investment Group, an independent wealth management firm,...

Business Wire - George A. Froley Joins GAMCO Investors
February 24, 2009 -- RYE, N.Y. -- GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) announced today that George A. Froley, III, CFA, founder and former Chairman of Froley, Revy...

Premier: China "able to achieve" about 8% growth
China will be able to achieve the economic growth target of about 8 percent in 2009, if proper policies and measures are taken, said Premier Wen Jiabao in his government work report to the parliament's annual ...

Market Wire - Doral Energy Engages C. K. Cooper & Company as Exclusive Financial Advisor
February 24, 2009 -- Doral Energy Corp. (OTCBB: DEGY) ("Doral" or "the Company"), an oil and gas production and exploitation company, today announced that it has...

Market Wire - WebCE Selected "Best CE Courses/Programs From an Education Provider" by Senior Market Advisor Magazine's Readers for the Third Consecutive Year
February 25, 2009 -- WebCE announced today that it was awardedthe 2008 Readers Choice Award from Senior Market Advisors Magazine as the"Best CE Courses/Programs from...

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 EURŠ..

What Every Forex Trader Ought To Know About Expert Advisors
An expert advisor is simply a piece of code written in the MQL4 programming language which, once installed on your MetaTrader 4 Forex trading platform, has the ability to automate the opening and closing of ...

Marlin Predicts Significant M&A Activity Among Smaller and Middle.
A new report issued by Marlin & Associates New York LLC, a boutique investment banking advisory and consulting firm, offers insight and predictions about merger and acquisition transactions through 2010 among ...

Auto Club Insurance Association to Acquire MEEMIC Insurance Company
Auto Club Insurance Association, a Dearborn, Michigan-based insurer , announced today it has agreed to acquire MEEMIC Insurance Company and its insurance agency affiliate, MEEMIC Insurance Services Corporation...

TriNet to Acquire Gevity HR., Inc.
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. & BRADENTON, Fla.-- --TriNet, a provider of human resources outsourcing services for small companies, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Gevity HR, Inc...

The Best Investing Opportunity in 35 Years
In the short run, our financial markets measure nothing more than investors' near-term outlook for the economy...

Market Wire - First State Trust Company Continues Its Innovative Traditions
February 24, 2009 -- As the result of areorganization, the former Citigroup Institutional Trust Company (CITC) hasbeen renamed and today announced it will continue...

Terra board rejects CF Industries' unsolicited exchange offer
Terra board rejects CF Industries' unsolicited exchange offer Mar. 5, 2009 SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Terra Industries Inc...

Larry Kudlow Discusses Run for Senate Against Dodd on Laura Ingrahm Show
The Dems will bring up his drug use, even though Obama did "blow" himself. 03/05/2009 6:51:30 AM PST by Retired Greyhound To: Retired Greyhound I think Zero was snorting it off Larry Sinclair's ass in the back ...

University of Michigan's Omenn on health care: We must take on bigger challenges
The first time you view the new MLive.com, you'll see the "Statewide" version of the home page...



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