Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/07/2009



Shaik: DA demands records
Fraudster Schabir Shaik's case was one of "parole for pals", Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Thursday after her party filed an application demanding insight into the medical grounds for his ...

Keep polluters from Yangtz River
China should keep potential polluters away from the industry-heavy Yangtze river, the country's longest, by raising threshold and readjusting industrial layout, a political advisor said in Beijing Saturday...

Chinese leaders: Crisis also means opportunity
Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Saturday that the current international financial crisis, despite its severe impact on China's economy, also means an opportunity for the country...

Political advisor urges innovation to tackle downturn
China needs to enhance innovative capabilities to tackle economic woes during the global financial crisis, a senior political advisor said here Saturday afternoon...

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...

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...

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...

Ohioan who killed self, 5 others had vowed change - AP
A A A' A man who killed himself a day after police say he killed his wife and four others told a judge in 2005 that he was ready to be a law-abiding citizen who would not let society down if he was released ...

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..

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,...

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..

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,...

Paul Abrams: 4.6% = "War on Capital and Investors", "Punishment",.
The Obama Administration proposes to raise the top tax rate from 35% to 39.6%. According to the Wall Street crowd, this 4.6% tax hike on adjusted gross incomes over $250,000 will sound the death knell of free ...

How long will it take to rebuild my nest egg?
Some investors are so desperate to recoup losses they're willing to exacerbate the situation by embracing leverage - borrowing money to invest...

Fed Up Investors Seek Advisor Help
Mauled by the bear market, individuals look to advisors for first aid. As they struggle with pummeled portfolios and scrambled nest eggs, self-directed investors have begun throwing in the towel in droves...

Tax Guide
Get extra time to file your tax return April 15 always seems to arrive before people feel they are ready for it, but there's a simple way to extend this daunting deadline for tax returns...

Receiver Lays Off 85% of Stanford Financial's U.S. Workers
In a Friday night massacre, the Court-appointed Receiver for Stanford Financial Group laid off 1,000 Stanford employees in the U.S., representing about 85% of its domestic work force...

Senate clears way to reverse polar bear rule - AP
A A A' The Senate has cleared the way for the Obama administration to reverse a rule saying that greenhouse gases cannot be restricted in an effort to protect polar bears from global warming...

Money
Eight ways to help family members in financial trouble How do you respond when a loved one can't pay their bills? Here are a few ways you can help your family members in trouble - without hurting yourself ...

Fitchburg State team finishes 13th at national competition
Fitchburg State College's construction management team finished strong at a national tournament for the fourth year in a row...

Sterlite to buy US copper mining company Asarco for $1.7 billion
Sterlite Industries Limited, a subsidiary of the London-based Vedanta Resources Plc, has signed a new agreement with Ascaro LLC, a Tucson, US-based mining, smelting and refining company, for purchase 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 EURŠ..

Iraqi prime minister calls for reforms - AP
A A A' Iraq's prime minister called Saturday for an end to the practice of distributing top government jobs along religious and ethnic lines, saying the system leads to weakness and mismanagement...

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...

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

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...

Bernard Hickey : Avoiding bad bonds
Investors rushing into corporate bonds for higher returns should ask their advisor 10 key questions...

4 Ways to Destroy Your Retirement
In 2008, the stock market had its worst year since 1931. Given that returns have continued to be brutal in '09, and with constant chatter about "the second Great Depression," it should surprise exactly no one ...

Mills to explain retirement plan options at Blount Library
Whatever the reason for separation from a company, it's important to know what to do with retirement plan accumulations at that time...

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...

Obama's backsliding on torture
After the president's swift move to close GuantA namo, I thought Binyam Mohamed would soon be free...

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...

Hu: Crisis also means opportunity
Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Saturday that the current international financial crisis, despite its severe impact on China's economy, also means an opportunity for the country...

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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