Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 06/01/2009



87th class graduates at White Lake
Friends, family and well-wishers of all ages packed the cozy White Lake gymnasium Saturday as the tight-knit Langlade County community marked its 87th commencement exercises...

Morningstar Australasia to Acquire Intech Pty Ltd From IOOF
Morningstar Australasia Pty Limited, an Australian subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc...

Business Wire - NFL Veteran Wayne Chrebet Joins Morgan Stanley’s Red Bank, NJ Office
May 27, 2009 -- RED BANK, N.J. -- Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced today that Wayne Chrebet, National Football League (NFL) veteran and former wide...

$209 Million to Kenya Under the Exogenous Shocks Facility
The loan was extended under the rapid-access component of the IMF's Exogenous Shocks Facility , designed to provide policy support and financial assistance to low-income countries facing shocks outside their control...

Positive signs showing through recession's fog
ROCKLAND : While there are several indications that this current long and deep recession a ' the worst postwar downturn and the deepest recession since the 1930s a ' may be losing its bite, most economists seem to agree that any recovery isna TMt going to be a smooth ride...

Trans-Racial Adoption Is Center Of Discussions
A discussion session that analyzes the effect of Trans-Racial adoptions will be presented on Wednesday, sponsored by UNC's African American Research Institute...

Frederick B. Taylor Joins A. R. Schmeidler & Co. Board
William E. Griffin, Chairman of the Board of Hudson Valley Bank, has announced the appointment of Frederick B. Taylor, former Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Trust Company of New York, as a member of the Board of Schmeidler & Co., Inc., the Bank's New York-based investment management firm...

Temecula Valley Bancorp Enters Into Non-Binding LOI with Private.
Temecula Valley Bancorp Inc. , along with its wholly owned subsidiary Temecula Valley Bank, announced today that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Bancroft Capital and certain institutional investors, including Orient Property Group LLC...

Business Wire - San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency Advisor Awarded Top MassMutual Freshman Year Honor
May 27, 2009 -- WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- The San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency, general agency of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company...

Staggeringly ignorant or unusually smart?
STAGGERINGLY IGNORANT OR UNUSUALLY SMART? Can a new president with half-a-dozen first ladies and a dubious past revive South Africa's political future? asks Jyotirmoy Pal Chaudhuri Charismatic and canny On Saturday, May 9, Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa's largest political party, the African National Congress, was sworn in as the ...

Canadian Corporate News - Kinbauri Shareholders are Advised to Take no Action at this Time Regarding Orvana's Unsolicited Bid.
May 26, 2009 -- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, May 26, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Kinbauri Gold Corp. ("Kinbauri") (TSX VENTURE:KNB)(FRANKFURT:3KG.DE) has been advised...

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

PPL sells generating assets for $135mn
Ltd. for $135 million plus working capital. The sale is subject to various state and federal regulatory approvals and consents...

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 - CrowdGather, Inc. Announces Appointment of Chuck Timpe to Board of Directors
May 27, 2009 -- WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- One of the leading networks of forum communities on the worldwide web, CrowdGather (OTCBB:CRWG), today announced...

Empty condos give universities new dorm space
River views, granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances, 9-foot ceilings. This is student housing? When classes start this fall - if all goes as planned - some 300 students at Johnson & Wales University will be living in Capitol Cove, an upscale condominium project that had been languishing on the market for more than six months...

Business Wire - Thrive® Launches Revolutionary Retirement Income Solution
May 28, 2009 -- New System Helps Financial Advisors Win Retirement Assets and Rescue Their ClientsâÂEURÂ(TM) Retirement Plans BOSTON --...

Your money matters
If some or all of your investments are "safe", you are probably earning close to nothing these days, especially once you factor in inflation and taxes...

PR Newswire - Imcopa Announces Consent Solicitation Regarding Its 10.375% Notes Due 2009
May 26, 2009 -- ARAUCARIA, Brazil, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Imcopa International Cayman Ltd. (the "Issuer") and Imcopa Importacao, Exportacao Industria e Oleos S.A....

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¦..

Lords say tripartite system of financial regulation is a failure
Gordon Brown's move to hive off financial regulation to the Financial Services Authority receives a double blow today from two hard-hitting reports which conclude that his 1997 decision was a mistake which contributed to the current crisis...

Business Wire - GLC Advisors & Co. Formed by Global Leveraged Capital to Provide Financial Restructuring Services
May 27, 2009 -- Boutique Advisory Firm Brings Together Experienced Restructuring Professionals from UBS Investment Bank and GLC NEW YORK...

Court Date Continued For Chapel Hill Seven
UNC students and community members came together this afternoon in support of The Chapel Hill Seven: a UNC rising senior and six community activists who were arrested while protesting against the University's speaking engagements of former Congressmen Tom Tancredo and Virgil Goode's last April...

Market Wire - Now Available: Retirement Resource Guide Offers Financial Advisors a Much-Needed Tool for Helping Clients in or Planning for Retirement
May 27, 2009 -- The Retirement Learning Center, founded byJohn Carl, a nationally recognized expert in retirement education, makessense of the changing...

Business Wire - McGladrey Capital Markets Leads Negotiations as Ebix Acquires FACTS Services
May 27, 2009 -- COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Ebix Inc., a provider of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry, has acquired FACTS Services,...

George's a BBig spender
BBLB host George Lamb said his spending habits are getting out of hand despite the nation cutting back as the recession takes hold...

Peering Through Edwards' Red Window'
Elizabeth Edwards and Downtown Chapel Hill have a lot in common: lately all eyes have been on them waiting to see what will happen next for both...

Russell Indexes: BRIC Index Reflects 24.8% Surge for May
The Russell Global Index reflected an increase of 10.3% for the month of May amid a generally positive month for markets worldwide...

Hiland Partners, LP and Hiland Holdings GP, LP Enter Into Merger.
The Hiland companies, Hiland Partners, LP and Hiland Holdings GP, LP , today announced that each of the Hiland companies has signed a separate definitive merger agreement with an affiliate of Harold Hamm, pursuant to which affiliates of Mr...

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¦..

Market Wire - Normabec Announces the Engagement of Haywood Securities to Advise on Strategic Alternatives
May 27, 2009 -- Normabec Mining Resources Limited ("NORMABEC" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: NMB) (FRANKFURT: N6M) has engaged Haywood Securities Inc. to act as...

Lancaster County Pharmacy Sells Winning $8.26 Million Super 7 Ticket
First Jackpot-Winning Ticket Sold for New Terminal-Based Game MIDDLETOWN, Pa., June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced that Royer Pharmacy, 335 W. Main St., Leola, Lancaster County, sold the sole jackpot-winning ticket for the May 29 Super 7 drawing worth $8.26 million...

Summer at Chautauqua
Published: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 7:37 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 7:37 p.m. What do the Rev.Joseph Lowery, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, commentator Jim Lehrer and musician Elvis Costello have in common? IF YOU GO Chautauqua has served as a conference and retreat center for more than a century...

Next Phase In The Crisis
The recent stock market rise is lulling investors back to sleep . Ulysses and the Sirens...



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