Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/16/2010



Business Wire - BrightScope Ranks Allianz Life 401k Plan in Top 15% of Peer Group
March 15, 2010 -- BrightScope recently announced that the Allianz Life 401k plan âÂEUR the Allianz Asset Accumulation Plan âÂEUR scored 78 out of a...

5 Stocks for Growth and Income
Sometimes it's easy to forget that, just like mint-chocolate ice cream, the total return from a stock is a delicious combination of two factors: an income return from dividends and capital appreciation of the stock's price...

TD Ameritrade Reports Monthly Metrics
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation today announced Company metrics for February 2010...

Trudeau: The good, the sad and the creepy
I've just finished reading Just Watch Me, the compelling second volume of John English's biography of Pierre Trudeau...

Market Wire - Cabinet NG Simplifies Paperless Compliance for Financial Planners
March 15, 2010 -- Cabinet NG (CNG) , provider of document management and workflow software, today responded to the demands of the financial advisory industry's...

GOP candidates link Yarmuth to Pelosi
With an anti-incumbent fever sweeping the country, is Louisville's Congressman John Yarmuth at risk of losing his job? We've heard a lot about this being a risky year for congressional Ddemocrats, but have you heard of any of the Republicans gunning to replace Yarmuth? All four are sounding the same theme - that John Yarmuth's agenda is far more ...

Airvana and the a oeMergerwockya
The Chelmsford, Mass-based company, which sells network infrastructure products to the wireless companies that provide mobile broadband services, announced last December that it planned to go private...

1-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Federal-Mogul?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 160,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS , the Fool's free investing community, auto parts supplier Federal-Mogul has received the dreaded one-star ranking ...

This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we would be -- if that were all we were doing...

Buy This Sector Now
Remember the 1990s? Everyone was looking ahead, either fearfully or hopefully, to the new millennium, and tech stocks were the golden child of the era...

Business Wire - OSI Pharmaceuticals’ Board of Directors Unanimously Rejects Astellas’ Unsolicited Tender Offer
March 15, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a2090) Board Concludes Offer Does Not Fully Reflect OSIâÂEURÂ(TM)s Fundamental, Intrinsic Value ...

Whittier Daily News - Orman offers simple advice for securing financial future at L.A.'s
March 14, 2010 -- LOS ANGLES - When it comes to money, Suze Orman's all about power. "Money affects us on the deepest levels of our lives," Orman...

Business Wire - SeaCap Partners ‘Solutions’ Making Gains with Registered Investment Advisors
March 15, 2010 -- SeaCap Partners selected to provide its human capital solutions services to Registered Investment Advisors. The services include recruitment and...

Southern First Bank and Greenville First Bank announce promotions
Southern First Bank and Greenville First Bank are pleased to announce the following promotions: Sandy Boozer has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Systems...

1.7 million debt in Roe Valley 'terrifying'
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5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Hillenbrand
David Gardner called it. Hea s up 1,334%! See what Davida s recommending that you buy NEXT...

If you can't avoid tax, defer it
If you can't avoid tax, the next best thing is to defer it. There are a few different strategies that are available to take advantage of tax deferral, and it's often by correcting the structure of your investments...

Business Wire - Research Says…Americans Are Ready to Rebuild Their Financial Security
March 15, 2010 -- Calling all Americans: Get an advisor. Get a plan. Get rebuilding. The Principal Financial Group launches a new multi-faceted America Rebuilds...

Nationwide Bank Protests Push Reform Agenda, Ask a Wherea s My Bailout?a
As state and local government workers leave their offices today in Madison, Wis., they will be entertained by theater in the streets of Capitol Square...

Business Wire - Edge Healthcare Partners, LLC Advises Gentiva Health Services, Inc. in the Previously Announced Sale of its Respiratory Therapy, Home Medical Equipment and Infusion Therapy Businesses to Lincare Holdings Inc.
March 15, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966ad300) ATLANTA -- Edge Healthcare Partners, LLC is pleased to announce that Gentiva Health Services, Inc. has sold...

Business Wire - FAF Advisors, Inc., Announces Financial Positions for Closed-End Funds
March 15, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a4a70) MINNEAPOLIS -- FAF Advisors, Inc. today announced the financial positions for the following closed-end funds...

Business Wire - InvestmentPitch.com Adds Video Content for Galore Resources and Mega Precious Metals
March 15, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966ab720) VANCOUVER -- InvestmentPitch.com operates an investment portal, www.InvestmentPitch.com , which provides a...

5 Stocks Approaching Greatness
David Gardner called it. Hea s up 1,334%! See what Davida s recommending that you buy NEXT...

Democrats on Senate Aging Committee Back New Bill to Protect Senior Citizens from Fraud
March 16, 2010 - Four Democrats on the Senate's Special Committee on Aging came together yesterday to support a provision included in the Restoring American Financial Stability Act that they say will protect older Americans from fraud at the hands of unscrupulous financial advisors...

Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc.
In a move that dramatically accelerates its national growth, Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC , a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., today announced it has acquired Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc., the country's 32nd largest brokerage firm and 14th largest independently owned firm in the U.S. The acquisition makes Marsh & McLennan Agency the country's ...

Telegraph - Herald; Dubuque, Iowa - Always Yours Floral moves
March 15, 2010 -- Always Yours Floral and Gifts, owned by Roni Ferraro and Kathy Welty, has relocated from inside Econofoods to join River Valley Nursery, 2811...

Mark Murphy joins Wells Fargo
Mark Murphy has joined Wells Fargo as vice president and financial advisor. Murphy will be handling the investment needs for clients in Seattle and throughout the Eastside...

SL Public Schools sell refunding bonds, saving $1.3 million in interest costs
Spring Lake Public Schools officials say the recent sale of its 2010 refunding bonds will save taxpayers more than $1 million...

Fed holds rates at record lows
On Tuesday March 16, 2010 The Federal Reserve said it will leave its benchmark interest rate near zero for an extended period to safeguard the economic recovery...

These Are the Market's Strongest Buys
The hottest investments in 2009 were, in no particular order: Emerging-market stocks, especially Chinese stocks Bonds Risky, debt-laden U.S. stocks Following the bludgeoning we took last winter, it's no surprise that investors have either sought lower volatility in the fixed-income market, or have tried to regain some ground in more volatile ...



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