Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/14/2009



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...

Obama's new strategy: Blaming Bush for 'mess'
March 13: At a press conference Friday President Obama said the U.S. economy is causing many families "incredible pain," but the government is providing help...

Appointment of Margaret Hamburg to Lead FDA Lauded by Gov. Lowell.
Dr. Hamburg has served as a TFAH Board Member for the past five-and-a-half years...

Today's South Bend 'Expo' offers women variety
It was smiles all around at the Century Center Friday night for the kickoff of the 2009 Expo for Women...

Understand your investing personality
During times of crisis, even investors tend to fall back on their basic instincts...

Madagascar opposition seizes power
Madagascar's opposition leader today declared himself president and appointed a prime minister as head of a transition government, as the authority of the embattled leader, Marc Ravalamona, crumbled...

Stocks have best week since November
This was the best week for stocks since late November. Friday's gains were modest compared with the rallies on Tuesday and Thursday...

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...

American wounded by Israeli troops has surgery - AP
A A A' An American activist who was struck in the head by a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops in the West Bank was in serious condition Saturday after undergoing extensive surgery, hospital officials ...

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¦..

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...

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¦..

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 ...

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...

Accountants seek Katona's 'lost' millions
Kerry Katona has called in financial experts in an attempt to reportedly discover where her millions have gone...

Bin Laden 'tape' calls Israel offensive on Gaza a holocaust
Osama bin Laden today called Israel 's offensive on Gaza a "holocaust" and blamed Arab leaders for not doing enough to stop the fighting, in what appears to be the latest audio recording by the al-Qaida leader...

Kenya rights groups complain of being threatened - AP
A A A' Government anger over a U.N. report accusing it of running deaths squads in Kenya has led to threats against members of human rights groups and some have gone into hiding, activists said Saturday...

Chehalis Indian Band Announces Canada and BC Agree to Consultations
Chehalis Indian Band wants to announce that Canada and British Columbia have agreed to enter into a process of consultation to accommodate Chehalis aboriginal rights and title Attention: Assignment Editor, ...

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...

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...

Phillips commits to UMass Minutemen
Zack Phillips didn't want to wait until the last minute. Neither did the University of Massachusetts Minutemen...

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¦..

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 ...

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...

Armenian dram depreciated by about 20%
'Now that the dram has depreciated by about 20%, it should be brought to equilibrium,' Ms...

Pakistan troops on standby ahead of protests - AP
A A A' The Pakistan army says its troops are on standby ahead of a planned mass demonstration by opposition parties and lawyers in the capital...

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...

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

Mugabe says coalition is 'brother to brother' - AP
A A A' President Robert Mugabe and longtime political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai sat side by side Saturday at a state funeral that was seen as a symbolic step for their parties' month-old coalition...

Pakistani troops on standby ahead of protests - AP
A A A' Pakistan's government put the army on standby ahead of planned opposition protests in the capital, the military said Saturday, raising the stakes in a political crisis that endangers the country's effort ...

Time to rein in the chaos
While Canada's opposition parties launch daily accusations that the Conservative government isn't moving fast enough to reverse the recession, President Barack Obama is under fire on the opposite front...

Yerevan Mayor election will let young people practice their knowledge
''The party has good chances for victory, as both youth and elder generation will be voting us...

Nonprofit touring US to help struggling homeowners - AP
A A A' Philip and Gloria Spigner saw their monthly mortgage payments climb from $800 to $1,300. Carol and Butch Dycus have received foreclosure notices though they say they're not behind on their payments...

Death of prisoner puts parole issue in focus
A prisoner with a terminal illness died at Durban's Westville Prison hospital, raising further questions about the prisons' parole system on Friday...



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