Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/15/2010



Business Wire - Edward Jones Selects Broadridge for Company-Wide Performance Reporting
March 11, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966aa160) Aspire Performance Reporting Service Now Deployed for 12,000 Financial Advisors and Nearly Seven Million...

Tamworth Herald, The - Couple guilty of laundering cash
March 11, 2010 -- A COUPLE who laundered money from a Hurley-based crooked car parts business and used it for a deposit on their home have been given suspended...

Liberty Northwest Introduces Agent Learning Center
March 15, 2010 - Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has introduced its comprehensive online Agent Learning Center for its appointed agencies...

Fitch Affirms Natomas USD, California GOs at 'BBB'; Outlook Negative
Fitch Ratings takes the following rating action on Natomas Unified School District , California as part of its continuous surveillance effort: --Approximately $62.8 million general obligation bonds affirmed at 'BBB' and removed from Rating Watch Negative...

Frontera Copper Corporation: Frontera Copper Reports on Status of Note Restructuring
Frontera Copper Corporation announced today on the status of its restructuring of its outstanding 10% Senior Unsecured Notes due June 15, 2010 and its outstanding 10% Senior Unsecured Notes due March 15, 2011 ...

How Will New Rules Impact Family Offices?
Proposed legislation by the Securities and Exchange Commission to have single family offices register as investment advisors is part of the financial regulatory reform negotiations currently being debated in the Senate...

Market Wire - Advent Software Announces Acquisition of Goya AS
March 11, 2010 -- Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS), a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, today announced...

Third candidate in mayor's race
There is a third contender for mayor in the upcoming Oct. 25 municipal election...

Business Wire - New Advisor Tools Address Estate Tax Uncertainty
March 11, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a4460) The Principal Financial Group offers estate protection strategies DES MOINES, Iowa -- Due to a...

Put Your Tax Refund To Work
Ita TMs Tax Refund Season again. This year, if youa TMre going to get a check from your Uncle Sam, why not put it to work to help you meet your financial goals? Last year, the average tax refund was more than $2,700, according to the IRS...

Noon Financial 411
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 10:53 a.m. Read more: Economy , Financial 411 , Money If you have a retirement plan such as a 401 chances are youa ve come across a oeTarget-Date funds.a A Also known as a oeAge-Based fundsa or a oeLifecycle fundsa , these funds are often marketed as a a oeone-stop shop.a A Basically, these funds are a mix of underlying ...

Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc.a "Dividend declaration, fund.
Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc. , a closed-end management investment company, today announced that the Fund's Board of Directors has declared a dividend from net investment income of $0.0195 per share...

Market Wire - Excel Maritime Announces Availability of 2009 Annual Report on Form 20-F
March 10, 2010 -- Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd (NYSE: EXM), an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a leading international provider of worldwide seaborne...

Boomer Consumer: What can consumers do to avoid Rhonda Breard-type problems with financial advisors?
Rhonda Breard, an Eastside broker and financial planner, is under investigation for fraud...

FBR Capital completes AFBA deal
Arlington-based FBR Capital Markets Corp . has completed its acquisition of the mutual fund operations of AFBA 5Star Investment Management Co., expanding the mutual fund business for FBR and expanding fund choices for members of the Armed Forces Benefits Association...

Wrong T4s accidentally mailed to former MP staffers
The House of Commons has launched an internal probe in the wake of an "administrative error" that resulted in hundreds of personal income tax forms mailed to the wrong addresses, Canwest News Service has learned...

Moody hires attorney to restructure bonds
The City of Moody approved hiring an attorney, Frank D. McPhillips of Maynard, Cooper and Gale, to represent the Governmental Utility Services Corporation Board during Monday night's meeting...

TIAA-CREF Names Marvin Adams Head of Technology & Operations
CREF today announced the appointment of Marvin Adams to head the companya s Technology & Operations...

Vanguard Thinks Online With New Ad Campaign
Vanguard Group plans to spend more on advertising this year as it increases its spending on targeted marketing online...

DNRE Recreation Partners Recipients of 2010 MRPA Community Service Awards
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment is proud to announce that a group of partners and organizations were recognized by the Michigan Recreation and Park Association at an award ceremony held March 10 at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing...

Global High Income Fund Inc. a " Distribution Declaration and Updated .
Global High Income Fund Inc. , a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company seeking high current income and secondarily, capital appreciation through investments primarily in securities of emerging market debt issuers, today announced that the Fund's Board of Directors declared a regular monthly distribution of $0.0883 per share...

Business Wire - Canwest Limited Partnership continues Sale and Investor Solicitation Process
March 12, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a48e0) WINNIPEG -- Canwest Global Communications Corp. (ÃÂEURÂCanwestÃÂEURÂ or the...

Business Wire - Terra Provides Notice to Yara under Yara Agreement
March 10, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a1b50) SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE: TRA) (ÃÂEURÂTerraÃÂEURÂ) today announced that its ...

Wells Journal, The - Tories fight chaos left by the Lib Dems
March 11, 2010 -- Two issues arising from last week's paper. Firstly, the report of Mendip District Council's Budget meeting, in which the emphasis was on the...

Senior White House Official Joins Holland & Knight As Partner
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Moe Vela has joined the firm's Washington, D.C. office as a Partner in the Public Policy and Regulation Group...

Business Wire - IntraOp Medical Corporation (“IntraOp”) (OTC: IOPD) Hires Financial Advisor to Advance Strategic Alternatives
March 12, 2010 -- HASH(0x1f042a0) SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- IntraOp Corporation (ÃÂEURÂIntraOpÃÂEURÂ) (OTC: IOPD) announced today that it has ...

Accountant who stole 2.3m including church funds is jailed
David Atkinson, 59, conned investors after he set himself up as an independant financial advisor despite having a history of theft...

Accused Killer of Lakeland Lottery Winner Hears New Charges
Published: Monday, March 15, 2010 at 9:25 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 15, 2010 at 9:25 a.m. TAMPA Dorice "DeeDee" Moore today heard new charges against her in the killing of Lakeland lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare , and she received a new lawyer...

MasterCard Introduces ATM Hunter for BlackBerry Smartphones
MasterCard Worldwide today announced the availability of the MasterCard ATM Hunter application for BlackBerry smartphones...

Business Wire - First Data Reports Fourth Quarter 2009 Revenue of $2.6 Billion Full-Year 2009 Revenue of $9.3 Billion
March 11, 2010 -- HASH(0x1efff20) Michael Capellas Joins KKR as Senior Advisor Focusing on Technology First Data Names Joe...



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