Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/17/2010



This Mistake Could Cost You a Fortune
Man, was that ever a brutal couple of years . Granted, it's not like I bought MetroPCS or Blockbuster in the summer of 2008 -- although I know people who did...

Bernanke: Dodd's Plan Is A Dud
It may not come as a surprise that the current Fed chairman and a former one oppose stripping the Federal Reserve of its supervisory oversight over all but the biggest banks, but none of the other expert witnesses called before a House committee Wednesday thought it was a good idea either...

Sorry, Folks: ConnectU's Fight With Its Lawyers Is Not Going To Let.
Litigation between ConnectU and its former lawyers at Quinn Emanuel was providing a glimmer of hope for everyone hoping to get a peek at Facebook's potential stock price value...

"The Big Short"
"Between 10 and 20 investors . at most" A -- Michael Lewis on 60 Minutes , estimating how many people saw the financial crisis coming...

Balanced Budget? California's Dreaming
We want to stay as far away as possible from bonds that depend on the politicians and general funds of financially shaky states and smaller issuers unless the price is right...

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...

CRMA Survey: Disorganized Financial Paperwork Is Costing Americans Money
Some 89 percent of Americans said they were at least fairly well organized or better when it comes to their important financial documents, but nearly one-quarter had either lost or forgotten about critical paperwork, according to a nationally representative poll by the Consumer Reports National Research Center...

Market Wire - Nemaska Signs Financial Public Relations Service Agreement With MI3 Communications Financieres Inc.
March 16, 2010 -- (TSX VENTURE: NMX) - NEMASKA EXPLORATION INC. ("Nemaska" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a financial public...

The Orchard Signs Merger Agreement With Dimensional Associates
The Orchard, a global leader in music and video distribution and comprehensive digital strategy, announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Dimensional Associates, LLC, a private equity affiliate of JDS Capital, L.P. Dimensional currently owns approximately 42% of the Company's outstanding common stock and 99% of the ...

Blockbuster May File Chapter 11
Maybe it's coincidence, or maybe it's karma. But we have a few developments this week that combine to illustrate how quickly movie fans are shifting their home video rental habits from traditional DVDs to digital transmissions...

Business Wire - Register Now for Best’s Review Webcast Examining the Changing Risk Environment for Financial Institutions
March 16, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a7df0) OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. , publisher of Best's Review magazine, will present a Webcast titled,...

Trading Day: TSX closes in the green on St. Patricka s day
Photograph by: Vancouver Sun files, . Canadian stock markets ended a mixed session Wednesday with the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite index rising to another 17-month high, after U.S. producer prices unexpectedly dropped in February, giving the U.S. Federal Reserve's low-interest rate policy more time to revive the economy...

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 OSIÃÂEURÂ(TM)s Fundamental, Intrinsic Value ...

Finally! A Hot IPO
Leave it to a retirement-plan kickstarter to breathe new life into the moribund IPO market...

Does Michael Lewis Snatch His Ideas From College Kids? [How Things Work]
The hot book of the moment, Michael Lewis 's Big Short , was influenced by a Harvard undergraduate's thesis ...

Market Wire - Menu Foods Income Fund Retains BMO Capital Markets to Evaluate Strategic Options
March 16, 2010 -- Attention Business/Financial Editors:Menu Foods Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX: MEW.UN) announced today that it has retained BMO Capital Markets...

Organic retailer sheds vitamin, health food assets
Canadian "natural" food retailer Planet Organic has shed its vitamin manufacturing division and half a dozen health food stores to help pay down debt...

'Tarzan Economics': If Music Is Free, How Do Artists Get Paid?
Over the past decade, the music industry was roundly criticized for how it responded to the proliferation of digital content -- launching hundreds of lawsuits against otherwise law-abiding consumers who downloaded music...

These 5 Underdogs Are No Dogs
Short-sellers and hedge funds may be shadowy, but sometimes they're the smartest guys in the room...

On-call repair service for your washer and dryer in the Pioneer Valley
There is nothing worse than trying to make a family function efficiently without an operating washer or dryer...

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...

Bernanke Defends Fed's Small Bank Supervision Role
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Wednesday fought back against a plan to strip the Fed of its oversight of smaller banks, saying the knowledge it gains from that role is vital to monetary policy...

Business Wire - OSI Pharmaceuticals Comments on Astellas’ Slate of Director Nominees
March 16, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966add20) MELVILLE, N.Y. -- OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIP) (ÃÂEURÂOSIÃÂEURÂ) today commented on ...

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 ÃÂEURÂ the Allianz Asset Accumulation Plan ÃÂEURÂ scored 78 out of a...

Bernanke Defends Fed's Authority
A current and a former Federal Reserve chairman argued before Congress on Wednesday that the Fed should maintain its current oversight role across the entire spectrum of the U.S. banking system...

Your silliest job titles
When a weight-loss company decided to recruit a paid couch potato to eat high fat foods, it advertised for a "product testing associate". Proof, if it were needed, that job titles don't always tell the full story...

2 of 3 councilmen get opponents in upcoming election
Two of the three City Council incumbents facing re-election on May 8 will have opponents this year...

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...

Market Wire - First Affirmative Kicks Off 2010 BaseCamp SRI Conference Series
March 16, 2010 -- First Affirmative Financial Network, the leading provider of investment management and consulting services to financial advisors and their socially...

The Roth: An Amazing Opportunity
For more than 10 years, a unique investment vehicle has given some people the chance to accumulate huge amounts of wealth ...



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