Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/06/2009

Burying your head in the sand: Feels good now, hurts like hell later
Not a week goes by that I don't hear somebody say: "I don't really know what I'm worth...

New Orleans Mayor Nagin, Staff Meet With Rating Agencies
The following is from Mayor C. Ray Nagin of New Orleans: This week, Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Chief Financial Officer Reginald Zeno met with representatives from national rating agencies - Standard and Poor's ...

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...

Business / Finance Consultant: Government - TL5177-JSB
An exclusive opportunity to make both a significant impact and valued contribution to the ongoing growth of this Public Sector consultancy! This is a top calibre, collegiate and non-hierarchical environment...

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,...

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...

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

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¦..

Safe clicking tips when logging on for diet advice
With so many nutrition-related Web sites clamoring for your attention, sorting through the pile to find impartial and safe information can be frustrating enough to send you on a drive-thru binge...

Roche Raises Offer to Buy Genentech, Inc. to $93 a Share
Roche announced today that it has increased its offer price for all outstanding publicly-held shares of Genentech to US$ 93.00 per share and extended the offer to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Friday, ...

Brenda Aslyn Joins the Wealth Enhancement Group Duluth Office
Wealth Enhancement Group, one of the Midwest's premiere financial planning firms, is pleased to announce the addition of Brenda Aslyn to their Duluth office...

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...

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¦..

Ensure your pension will cover
Everybody wants financial security when they retire. Many of us are counting on employer pension plans to provide that security...

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...

Liberty Media Closes Investment in Sirius XM Radio
Mel Karmazin, Chief Executive Officer of SIRIUS XM Radio, said, "We are excited to have closed the second and final phase of our investment agreement with Liberty Media...

Her Business Plan: Helping the Needy
From living away from her home in an apartment in Washington, D.C., at the age of 15 to work with Congressman Rush Holt's foreign policy adviser to interning for Barack Obama while he was a senator, Alberta ...

I Pay My Mortgage: What's in the Housing Bailout For Me?
As Uncle Sam issued check after to check to keep Wall Street bankers afloat, American taxpayers--who were picking up the tab--grew increasingly resentful of paying for others' mistakes...

Roche Increases Offer Price for Genentech Shares to US$ 93.00 per Share and Extends Offer
As a result, we are increasing our price to US$ 93 per share to maximize shareholder participation and will proceed quickly to complete all necessary financing...

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...

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...

Beacon Equity Issues Technical Trade Alerts on Market Movers: GME, URBN, BMRN, FCEL, VOCS, BKS
Investors can view all of the daily trading notes for free by visiting: http://www.BeaconEquity.com/m Today's Trade Alerts include: GameStop Corp...

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 Street's Murphy Building turns 100
Not only is he a third generation Ballardite, he is a third generation a oeMitchell Taylor Bowie,a pronounced like Colonel Bowie and his knife, not rocker, Ziggy Stardust...

Fiat CEO Wants To 'Repay Every Single Dollar Of Taxpayer Funding'
"The main objective is going to be to repay every single dollar of taxpayer funding before anybody gets anything," said Marchionne following a meeting with members of the White House task force...

XplosiveStocks.com: ARST, FWLT, ESRX, MGLN, LEAP, MRVL Hot Stocks on the Move
Investors can receive FREE Stock Alerts by visiting the following link: http://www.xplosivestocks.com Today's hot alerts include: ArcSight, Inc...

Increased fiscal deficit to stimulate growth: Econmic advisor
Mumbai, March 6 : The fiscal deficit will stimulate growth of the Indian Economy, chief economic advisor Arvind Virmani said here Friday...

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...

Roche increases offer price for Genentech shares to US$ 93 per share and extends offer
Roche announced today that it has increased its offer price for all outstanding publicly-held shares of Genentech to US$ 93 per share and extended the offer to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Friday, ...

Your picks: Restaurants
"I was treated to lunch at Tempus on George Street last week. In all honesty it's a little bit classier than the places I usually go but I wasn't paying, so I was more than happy to give it a go...

The pendulum nevers stops in the middle
If you're feeling nauseous about the market action since Obama took over - " I sure am - " then you can probably relate to today's blog title: the pendulum never stops in the middle...

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...

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