Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/20/2009



Velocity Express Receives Management Buyout Offer
Velocity Express Corporation , the nation's largest provider of time definite regional delivery solutions, announced that it has received an offer to purchase certain assets, and assume certain liabilities, of the Company from a management buyout group led by Mr...

My Thoughts exactly
This week, New Brunswick Finance Minister Victor Boudreau introduced his government's 2009-2010 budget, providing it with the usual public relations title political spinners give such wide-reaching documents...

Oakland Tribune - Lessons from crooked advisors
March 11, 2009 -- The alleged financial crimes committed by Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford sadly remind me how two investment advisors gained my respect, but...

Revisit the Australian Mortgage in today's market
Getting ahead can be tough during a recession. Investing may sound like a good idea when markets are this low, but committing new long-term funds to the highly volatile stock market should only be considered if your personal financial situation is secure...

Business Wire - TIB Financial Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter and 2008 Results
March 12, 2009 -- NAPLES, Fla. -- TIB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:TIBB), parent company of TIB Bank, The Bank of Venice and Naples Capital Advisors, leading...

Adventures in Piggy-Banking
Disney has announced a new exhibit for its Innoventions attraction in Florida's EPCOT theme park...

MediciNova Sends Letter to Avigen Board of Directors
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 19, 2009 -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market and the Hercules Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange , today sent the following letter to the Board of Directors of Avigen, Inc.: ********** MediciNova, Inc...

Market Wire - René Paradis Joins CoActiv Capital Partners as Executive Vice President and CFO
March 11, 2009 -- CoActiv Capital Partners (CoActiv), a MarubeniGroup Company, appointed Ms. Renà Paradis as Executive Vice President andCFO. Most recently,...

Restoring confidence in the Indonesian rupiah
Professor Steve Hanke argues that currency boards can provide stability and confidence for emerging countries facing foreign exchange and interest rate concerns...

UGC for stricter norms against ragging
NEW DELHI: From rusticating a student found guilty of ragging a junior to cancelling affiliation of that institute and withholding financial grants of institutions where ragging takes place, UGC has come up with a detailed draft regulation on Thursday...

Market Wire - IMAP Ranks Sixth in the World for Completed M&A Transactions Under $200 Million
March 11, 2009 -- IMAP, an exclusive global organization ofleading merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory firms, announced today thatit ranked sixth in the world...

Airport bonds downgraded
The recent downgrading of short-term bonds issued by the Panama City-Bay County International Airport, and managed by Regions Bank, is not a reflection of the financial health of the airport relocation project, an airport financial advisor said this week...

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¦..

NovaGold Provides Update on New Galore Creek Project Advisors
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Business Wire - Brewer Insurance Group Appoints Richard Chew Managing Director
March 11, 2009 -- Accomplished Industry Veteran Helps Financial Advisors and Their Clients With Asset Protection Solutions CHICAGO --...

PR Newswire - Build a Team of Financial Champions
March 10, 2009 -- Advisors Recommend Collaborative Planning to Help Protect and Manage Finances GREENVILLE, S.C., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamwork can be...

Business Wire - First Pacific Advisors CEO Robert L. Rodriguez Plans One-Year Sabbatical in 2010
March 10, 2009 -- LOS ANGELES -- Investment manager First Pacific Advisors today announced that chief executive officer Robert L. Rodriguez will take a...

Business Wire - The Eastern Company Announces Engagement of Investment Bank Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc.
March 11, 2009 -- NAUGATUCK, Conn. -- The Eastern Company (AMEX-EML) today announced that it has engaged Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc., a leading Global Investment...

Whacked-Out Stocks, Great Opportunities
We find ourselves in the midst of a ferocious bear market, a frightening recession, and a huge financial crisis...

Local businesses pooling resources to bring in customers
Local businesses are looking for new ways to connect to the community, and have come up with a group that does just that...

Financial Focus: Give your investment portfolio a spring cleaning
Spring is almost here - time to spruce up your house and get rid of your clutter...

Bank crisis spawns new kind of gold rush
Now, more than a century later, history is - sort of - repeating itself. No, the world's downtrodden aren't beating a frenzied path to a harsh, remote swath of the Canadian north this time around...

.com features news,analyses,and roundups of events in and about Africa
Nigerian newspapers were this week awash with news repor ts of the government white paper on the Electoral Reforms Committee's repo r t released on Wednesday...

Business Wire - Charlotte Russe Provides Update on Strategic Review Process
March 12, 2009 -- Company to Pursue Sale Process SAN DIEGO -- Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHIC) today announced that its Board...

Red Flags Flew From the Start on Geithner and Company
Florida Republican House Rep Connie Mack was the first in the door to demand that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner resign or get the boot...

Article Comments
Could homeowners be getting a break during this economic crisis? With interest rates under 5%, a local financial advisor says now is the time to refinance a home and save some home owners, hundreds of dollars a month...

Squeaking by on $7,571 a day
Did you hear about the beleaguered woman who says she cannot live on $53,000 -- a week? That's right, $53,000 every seven days, more than most American families earn in 365...

Use this time to evaluate portfolio
If you watched the news today, and saw that economic bad news continues to pour in, but then watched stock markets advance, your confusion is perfectly natural...

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 - EISI Unveils Bear Market Plan for Advisors
March 12, 2009 -- Free Training and Marketing Resources Help BulletâÂEURÂProof Practice, Get More Referrals WINNIPEG -- EISI,...

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¦..

Johnson to speak at Womena s Day event
Union Missionary Baptist Church will have its annual Women's Day program on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. The Rev...

MediciNova Sends Letter to Avigen Board of Directors
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Mar 19, 2009 ----MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market and the Hercules Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange , today sent the following letter to the Board of Directors of Avigen, Inc.: ********** MediciNova, Inc...

Govt role crucial for economy, says expert
"People had better be careful in drawing their conclusions," said Zhou Qiren, a veteran economist and president of the National School of Development...



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