Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 05/06/2010



Small Business
There are two forms of accounting used by small businesses -- cash and accrual. The basic difference between the two methods is the timing of income and expense recording...

Consortium to Conduct Landmark Study on Youth Savings as a Development Tool
The MasterCard Foundation today announced a partnership with a consortium of four organizations to conduct a landmark, global research initiative that will test how to sustainably deliver savings services to low-income youth in the developing world...

Woodbury Financial Services Recognizes Top 2009 Field Leaders
Woodbury Financial Services is pleased to announce the top field leaders for 2009 across the broker/dealera s three distribution channels...

Three-time major champ Harrington joins Special Olympics as Global Ambassador for Golf
Special Olympics announced today, professional golfer Padraig Harrington has joined the Special Olympics family as the movement's newest Global Ambassador...

Primevest Unveils "Reps on Demand"
Primevest is starting a marketing push to get the word out about its Rep on Demand service...

Harmonic Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Omneon
Harmonic Inc. and Omneon, Inc., a leading provider of video production and playout solutions for many of the world's premier media companies, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which Harmonic would acquire Omneon for an enterprise value of approximately $274 million in cash and Harmonic stock...

Money
Apple-quality metal finishes, AMD processors and discrete graphics make Rob Enderle's list of new laptop trends for 2010, along with a major case of tablet envy...

U.S. Newswire - Media Advisory: Former Fed Governor Olson to Discuss Regulatory
May 4, 2010 -- Mark Olson to Address CFOs and Treasurers at Global Corporate Treasurers Forum WASHINGTON, May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mark W....

Cap Fed to go fully public
Capitol Federal Savings Bank's holding company announced Thursday it will sell 70 percent of the company, going fully public...

Albany, New York News, Weather, Sports
GDP grew by 3.2 percent in the first quarter, indicating improvement in the US economy...

Stock Alert for Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. Issued by MicroStockProfit
MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Solarfun Power Holdings Co...

Story from NorthCountryNow.com
After 34 years in the classroom and eight years of retirement, it is time to give back...

Business Wire - MPI Releases Plan Level Reporting Tool for the Financial Advisor Community
May 5, 2010 -- Markov Processes International (MPI), an investment research & technology provider, announces the release of its new Stylus Web, a research and...

Edward Cronin Among "Best of Best" Financial Advisors Attending.
Edward Cronin, President Manchester Capital Management LLC attended the second-annual a oeTop Independent Advisors Summita hosted by Barrona s Magazine, which promotes best practices in the industry and the value of advice to the investing public...

Business Wire - Harbinger Group Inc. Announces First Quarter Results
May 5, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966b0e80) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Harbinger Group Inc. (NYSE: HRG) today announced its consolidated financial results for...

Good points, one clarification
View all Ask the Recruiter feedback Joe, you make excellent points in this post...

Market Wire - Wally Obermeyer Among "Best of Best" Financial Advisors at Barron's Winner's Circle Event
May 5, 2010 -- Wally Obermeyer, president of Colorado-based Obermeyer Asset Management Company , attended the invitation-only "Top Independent Advisors...

'Back where we belong' elated Chester Football Club fans celebrate five year lease on Deva Stadium
"The club is back where it belongs." That was the message from elated Chester fans, whose beloved club is set to rise from the ashes after a crucial deal was struck...

Market Wire - Celsius Retains Cameron Associates as Its Investor Relations Advisor
May 5, 2010 -- Celsius Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELH) announced today that the company has retained Cameron Associates, Inc., a full-service, New York...

Business Wire - State Street Launches New Suite of Services for Money Market Funds
May 5, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a4700)

New Capabilities Will Assist Clients in Addressing New Money Market Reform...


UPDATE 1-THL Partners to buy InVentiv for $1.1 bln
Pharmaceutical services provider InVentiv Health Inc agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners [THL.UL] for about $1.1 billion, the companies said...

Prices at gas pump ticking up ahead of Memorial Day travel
It seems like a rite of spring: The price of oil and gasoline rises in the weeks leading up to the Memorial Day weekend...

Business Wire - BlackLine Systems, UHY Advisors To Host Southeast Client Roundtable on Using Technology To Automate and Improve the Financial Close, Reporting Processes
May 5, 2010 -- HASH(0x1e71750)

Cox Communications, Other Regional Fortune 1,000 Clients to Discuss Benefits of...


CEMA enhances focus on aboriginal concerns
An increased focus on aboriginal concerns and engagement is a key change in how the Cumulative Environmental Management Association will now be doing business...

Market Wire - SNL Financial Ranks Marlin & Associates Among the Most Active Advisors of Financial Technology Companies
May 4, 2010 -- Marlin & Associates ("M&A"), the boutique investment bank, announced today that SNL Financial has ranked M&A tied for advising...

U.S. Corporate Default Rate Expected To Continue Its Decline To 3.5% In March 2011, Article Says
NEW YORK May 4, 2010--As prices of high-yielding corporate bonds hurtle toward their par values, financial conditions for leveraged issuers appear favorable as of April 2010, said an article published today by Standard & Poor's Global Fixed Income Research...

Business Wire - Frederick T. Baird, Robert C. Lind, and Howard W. Pifer III Join Cornerstone Research as Senior Advisors
May 5, 2010 -- Cornerstone Research is pleased to announce that Frederick T. Baird, Robert C. Lind, and Howard W. Pifer III have joined the firm as Senior...

Business Wire - First Command Launches Recruiting Effort for Next-Generation Financial Advisors
May 5, 2010 -- HASH(0x1ee36f0) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Encouraged by reports portraying a new wave of consumer trust in financial planners,...

Personal Finance
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces Priscilla Howard as New Advisory Council Member
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta announced today that it has appointed a new member to its Affordable Housing Advisory Council...



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