Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/30/2009



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¦..

PR Newswire - NewPage Sells Niagara Hydroelectric Facility to Northbrook Wisconsin, LLC
March 24, 2009 -- CHICAGO and MIAMISBURG, Ohio, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Northbrook Wisconsin, LLC and NewPage Corporation announced today the completion of the...

Market Wire - / CORRECTION - New Leaf Paper Secures $5 Million Equity Investment
March 25, 2009 -- In the news release, "New Leaf PaperSecures $5 Million Equity Investment," issued earlier today by New LeafPaper, we are advised by the company...

Prosecutors to pull case against Zuma
South African prosecutors are poised to drop corruption charges against the African National Congress leader, Jacob Zuma, who is expected to be elected president next month, according to local media...

Obama Faces Tough Issues on First Overseas Trip as U.S. President
Obama Faces Tough Issues on First Overseas Trip as U.S. President White House officials say U.S. President Barack Obama is going to Europe this week to consult and to listen...

22 killed at stampede at match in Ivory Coast - AP
A A A' A stampede at a World Cup qualifying soccer match in the Ivory Coast killed at least 22 people and wounded 132 Sunday, authorities said...

Consolidated Thompson Announces US$240 Million Strategic Investment from Wuhan Iron and Steel Group
Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited is pleased to announce the signing of a letter agreement with Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation , one of China's largest steel producers, for a strategic investment by WISCO into Consolidated Thompson...

Paul Abrams: Will 'Trickle Down' Banking Work Better than 'Trickle.
Will 'Trickle Down' Banking Work Better than 'Trickle Down' Economics: Thoughts from a Non-Wall Street CEO ...

Business Wire - FundQuest Launches Fact-Sheets-On-Demand for Funds, ETFs, and Model Portfolios
March 25, 2009 -- BOSTON -- FundQuest has launched new technology that enables advisors to create investment fact-sheets on-demand with a single-click....

Obama withholds bailout funds for automakers - AP
A A A' The White House says neither General Motors nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more bailout money...

The stanbul leg of US President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Turkey is expected to include
The A stanbul leg of US President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Turkey is expected to include a stop at the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, Turkish and US press reports said over the weekend...

Business Wire - Putnam Investments Launches New Defined Contribution Platform
March 25, 2009 -- Firm partners with FASCore for recordkeeping in the Defined Contribution space to provide âÂEURœlow-cost,...

Market Wire - Ivernia Comments on Unsolicited Take-Over Proposal
March 25, 2009 -- Ivernia Inc. (TSX: IVW) Ivernia announces that it is aware of the press release issued on March 24, 2009 by Griffin Mining Limited indicating it...

Financial Focus
We are now finishing the 16th month of the recession, which began in December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research...

7 residents, 1 nurse die in nursing home shooting - AP
A A A' A lone gunman burst into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything," barging into the rooms of terrified patients, sparing some from his rampage without explanation while killing seven residents and a nurse caring for them...

PR Newswire - Industry Coalition Hails U.S. Congress Green Bank Act
March 24, 2009 -- Green Bank Financing of Clean Energy and Efficiency Projects Will Jump-Start New Era of Private Investment in Critical Clean Energy Infrastructure...

Market Wire - NewMarket Technology, Inc. Announces Investment Bank Advisor on Management Buyback Plan to Purchase Up to 10 Million Shares
March 24, 2009 -- NewMarket Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NMKT)today announced executing a strategic consulting agreement with aninvestment bank advisor to counsel...

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¦..

Illinois snowed in as Texas blizzard melts away - AP
A A A' Spring storms made for a soggy weekend from the Great Plains to the Gulf Coast, knocking out power to thousands in Chicago and, in a twist from Mother Nature, covering the Texas Panhandle with a foot of snow that melted less than a day later under balmy 70-degree weather...

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¦..

Matheson Tri-Gas Acquires Valley National Gases from CI Capital Partners
NEW YORK & BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-- --Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. , a global manufacturer and supplier of industrial, medical, electronics and specialty gases and welding supplies headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and CI Capital Partners LLC , a New York-based private equity firm, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement under ...

Sinkford to join UU Urban Ministry staff
UUA President William G. Sinkford announced that he will be joining the UU Urban Ministry as Senior Minister and Advisor in August...

Daily Debriefing
Joseph Jiampietro '87 has been tapped to be the senior advisor for markets to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Blair, according to a March 24 FDIC press release...

Business Wire - Putnam Investments Launches New Defined Contribution Platform
March 25, 2009 -- Firm partners with FASCore for recordkeeping in the Defined Contribution space to provide âÂEURœlow-cost,...

Obama at G-20 summit: Popular president, unpopular plan
Reporting from Washington -- At the heart of President Obama's approach to foreign policy has been a promise to end the "unilateral" strategies of his predecessor and heal bruised relations with America's allies...

Islamabad may not ask IMF to increase loan
By Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is having second thoughts about its decision of asking the IMF to jack up its loan amount by $4.5 billion -from $7.6 billion to $12.1 billion - after receiving generous capital inflows from bilateral as well as multilateral creditors, saying it may seek a reduced amount from the fund in order to avoid further ...

Ceremony to mark British exit from Iraq
The golden jewel encrusted ornamental salmon presented to Major General Andy Salmon...

Business Wire - Mercer Announces Expanded Distribution of Its Defined Contribution Administration Services for Retirement Plan Sponsors and Advisors
March 25, 2009 -- NORWOOD, Mass. -- Mercer announced today that it is expanding the distribution of its comprehensive defined contribution (DC) administration...

Business Wire - Ramco-Gershenson Announces Intention to Review Strategic and Financial Alternatives and Adoption of Limited Duration Shareholder Rights Plan
March 25, 2009 -- FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (NYSE:RPT) announced today that it is undertaking a review of potential...

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

Governor Proclaims April 2009 as Financial Literacy Month
ROSELAND a ' The importance of personal financial know-how to Americans can no longer be overlooked...

Afghanistan: war and a fragile peace
President Obama's latest ratcheting up of the "war" in Afghanistan is deeply concerning ...

Row as transexual man expects twins
A 25-year-old transsexual man in Barcelona has announced that he is pregnant with twins, prompting debate in Spain about the ethical use of reproductive technology...

Gun attack on police academy kills 11 in Pakistan - AP
A A A' Gunmen armed with rifles and hand grenades attacked a police training academy in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing 11 officers and wounding dozens in a brazen assault that underscored the growing threat militancy poses to the U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed country...



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