Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/09/2009



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Market Wire - Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund Provides 2008 Canadian Tax Information
March 3, 2009 -- Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (TSX: MPT.UN)(TSX: MPT.DB) ("MPT" or the "Fund"), which owns and operates essential infrastructure...

$5M Castroneves never got key to tax evasion trial - AP
A A A' To this day, race car driver and "Dancing with The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves hasn't seen a single dime of $5 million in licensing money he was promised under a 1999 contract with Penske Racing...

Element Partners Closes $486 Million Growth Equity Fund
Element Partners, a leading growth equity firm specializing in clean technology, today announced the final closing of Element Partners II LP ...

Business Wire - McGladrey Capital Markets Leads Negotiations as Lufkin Industries Acquires International Lift Systems
March 5, 2009 -- Lufkin Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUFK), a global supplier of oil field and power transmission products, has acquired International Lift...

We're Not Filing For Bankruptcy
Following last week's reports that Reader's Digest Association has hired Kirkland & Ellis, a law firm that advises in bankruptcy cases, RDA president and CEO Mary Berner has issued a media statement, confirming ...

More Mergers Amongst Accountants
The South African accounting industry has seen much change recently, with the new JSE regulations that require firms to have at least three audit partners as well as an International Financial Reporting ...

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¦..

Market Wire - North Bay Resources Updates Financing Plans
March 5, 2009 -- North Bay Resources Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NBRI)("North Bay" or the "Company") disclosed today that as a result of ongoingdiscussions with financial...

Financial Advisor Offers Advice on Life After Layoffs
It seems that almost everyday more layoffs are announced for major companies. Locally, PPL, Air Products and Mack Trucks have been among the companies to announce layoffs...

Levick Strategic Communications Ranked #1 Investor Relations Firm
Levick Strategic Communications, a global leader in high-stakes crisis and litigation communications, was rated the top investor relations and shareholder relationship management advisor by the Black Book of ...

Business Wire - The India Fund, Inc. Announces Filing of Annual Report to Stockholders on Form N-CSR
March 3, 2009 -- The India Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IFN; the âÂEURÂœFundâÂEURÂ) announced today that it filed its Annual Report to Stockholders on Form...

Market Wire - Advisor Confidence Declined in February
March 3, 2009 -- In February, advisor confidence in theeconomy and stock market declined, according to Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking.The Advisor Confidence Index...

Possibility of paying more at the pump
By Gia Vang A March 9, 2009 A EUGENE, Ore. -- Gov. Ted Kulongoski is proposing to raise the state's gas tax by 2-cents.A Democrats support theA proposal...

Satyam begins bidding
MUMBAI: After receiving go-ahead from market regulator SEBI, troubled IT major Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Monday formally kicked off the bidding process, which will be on for four days during which ...

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 - McGladrey Capital Markets Leads Negotiations as Vitalize Consulting Solutions, Inc. Acquires r3 Health Partners
March 5, 2009 -- Vitalize Consulting Solutions Inc., a portfolio company of SV Life Sciences and Ferrer Freeman & Company, LLC, has acquired r3 Health ...

Warren Buffett says financial crisis is 'economic Pearl Harbor'
Warren Buffett, the influential American investor, has likened his country's escalating fiscal woes to "an economic Pearl Harbor". The multi-billionaire, who is an informal advisor to President Barack Obama, ...

Business Wire - Financial Advisors: Economic Downturn Hitting Boomers Hardest
March 6, 2009 -- Key Messages: In comprehensive new research of financial services professionals, 77 percent of respondents...

San Diego--- DivX Announces Appointment of New Board Member
DivX, Inc. , a digital media company, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Alex Serge Vieux, Publisher of Red Herring and Chief Executive Officer of Red Herring, Inc., to the Board increasing ...

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¦..

Sailors Help Restore Museuma s Relics
Photo by Dan Broadstreet: Finished with the morning's work of painting exhibits donated to the Man in the Sea Museum, NSWC PCD's team of volunteers pause for a group photo before entering the museum for a tour...

Disgraced financial advisor Ian Thow back in Canada
Ian Thow in a U.S. police mug shot. Photograph by: Handout photograph, U.S. Marshals Service Discredited financial advisor Ian Thow arrived back in Canada today, crossing the Peace Arch border on the Lower ...

Former Dallas mayor gets backing for trade job - AP
A A A' Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk, apparently on course to be the next U.S. trade representative, told senators Monday that his main objective as the nation's top trade official will be enforcing existing law ...

Business Wire - Brenda Aslyn Joins the Wealth Enhancement Group Duluth Office
March 6, 2009 -- Wealth Enhancement Group, one of the MidwestâÂEURÂ(TM)s premiere financial planning firms, is pleased to announce the addition of Brenda...

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¦..

Advice Offered On Choosing A Financial Advisor
Mar 9, 2009 7:12 pm US/Central Reporting Bill Hudson MINNEAPOLIS It's a good idea to ask the prospective financial planner if they have personal investment biases...

The dud Czech
Vclav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic , is leading by example, but not the one he intends...

Budgeting secrets that fatten your wallet
It's time to polish up your penny-pinching skills. We're stuck in the worst recession in a generation and managing your money will be is more critical than ever...

.com features news,analyses,and roundups of events in and about Africa
The sacking of the Managing Director of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and 12 other top managers of electricity providers dominated the nation's media this week...

Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR) - Portland financial advisor named top financial advisor by Barron's
March 3, 2009 -- Ragen MacKenzie and Wells Fargo Investments LLC have announced that Jeff Wirth has been named one of the top 1,000 financial advisors in the...

BBB Advice on Finding a Financial Planner You Can Trust
In a challenging economic environment, finding a responsible financial planner and money manager is extremely important...

What GICs can add to your investment plan
Often overlooked or under-appreciated, Guaranteed Investment Certificates offer unique benefits and play an important role in many investment plans...

Business Wire - Candice Nakagawa and John Sinnema Named Vice Presidents for Union Bank’s Private Bank Division
March 6, 2009 -- Union Bank, N.A., has named Candice Nakagawa and John Sinnema to vice president positions in the Los Angeles office of the Private Bank ...



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