Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 06/21/2009



Business Wire - Union Gaming Group Named as Advisor to State of Kansas
June 11, 2009 -- Independent Research and Advisory Group to Consult Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board LAS VEGAS -- Union Gaming Group,...

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¦..

Art and Jewelry Retailer TWIST Selects Local Retirement Plan Advisor
Northwest art and jewelry retailer TWIST has chosen the Portland firm The Commerce Company as the new Financial Advisor for the company's retirement plan...

Anniversary: Hackworth
Ray R. and Joan Yvonne Hackworth were married on June 7, 1959 in Morton, Wash. Ray was serving in the United States Army when he met Joan...

Business Wire - White Horse Advisors Adds Republic National Distributing Company to Its Client Roster
June 11, 2009 -- Republic National Distributing Company has engaged White Horse Advisors, LLC to provide fiduciary services for its 401(k) and defined ...

Two Former Tufts Staffs Plead Guilty to Larceny
Two former Tufts University employees pleaded guilty late Friday to stealing nearly $1 million from the University in two separate schemes...

Amateur Stock Market Trading
A couple of months ago, I looked at just how low the stock market had sunk. I decided that I would take a few hundred dollars that I had saved and invest it...

The following is an investment opinion release .
These companies have interesting business models and they have to execute on the business development level to bring value to shareholders...

Stephanopoulos 'Struck By' Obama's Obsession With Fox News
" Ia TMve always been struck by how -- and ita TMs not too strong a word -- how obsessed the President and the White House are with Fox News ." So said ABC's George Stephanopoulos during the Roundtable segment of Sunday's "This Week." I kid you not...

Gold Market Update
Originally published June 20th, 2009 Gold broke down and went into decline, as predicted in the last update posted early this month...

Market Wire - Kinbauri Gold Provides Update on Glen Eagle Transaction
June 11, 2009 -- Kinbauri Gold Corp. ("Kinbauri") (TSX VENTURE: KNB)(FRANKFURT: 3KG.DE) today announced that the transaction with Glen Eagle Resources Inc. (TSX...

Silver Market Update
Originally published June 20th, 2009 We are believed to be at a good entry point for silver here as the overall pattern is strongly bullish, and the predicted reaction of the past few weeks, which has served to unwind the earlier overbought condition, is now thought to have run its course...

'Millionaire movie mogul' conman jailed
AN ALREWAS man who posed as a movie mogul and lived a millionaire lifestyle has been jailed after being revealed as nothing more than a conman and a love rat...

Business Wire - ACE Private Risk Services Introduces Background Screening of Financial Advisors, Contractors and Domestic Staff
June 10, 2009 -- As Part of Its Insurance Program for High Net Worth Clients PHILADELPHIA -- ACE Private Risk Services SM , part of the ACE...

Wireless News - QuoteMedia Inks Enterprise Pact with TradePMR
June 9, 2009 -- Wireless News06-09-2009QuoteMedia Inks Enterprise Pact with TradePMRType: NewsQuoteMedia, Inc., a provider of market data, corporate...

Business Wire - FundQuest Signs Fifty New RIAs and Broker-Dealer Firms for Outsourced Technology, Back-Office, and Investment Research
June 10, 2009 -- BOSTON -- Over the past nine months, fifty advisory firms ranging from $25 million to more than $9 billion in assets have selected FundQuest...

The following is an investment opinion release issued by Pennystockchaser.com
Also News Release AGFEED INDUSTRIES INC. Also News Release MAGELLAN ENERGY INC. NEWARD, DE, June 21 /PRNewswire/ - Pennystockchaser.com is pleased to profile promising special situation stocks which have a high potential for price appreciation...

Business Wire - CUSO Financial Services L.P. Introduces Marketing Awareness Center to Provide Life Stage Workshops for Its Credit Union Investment Programs
June 10, 2009 -- Marketing and workshop materials help investment advisors educate clients SAN DIEGO -- CUSO Financial Services,...

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

Market Wire - Vortex Resources Presented at the SCIA National Small Cap Syndicate
June 9, 2009 -- Vortex Resources Corp. (OTCBB: VXRC)(Equity, ISIN US92905M2035, WKN A0RLEK, HTE2), which is in the process ofchanging its name to Yasheng...

What IR Theory Can Teach Us about Parenting
Just in time for Father's Day, Stephen M. Walt offers " The IR Guide to Parenting ." My favorite insight is this one that Walt draws from the theory of asymmetric conflict: The whole field of asymmetric conflict can prepare you for another aspect of child-rearing: your superior education, physical strength, and total command of financial resources ...

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¦..

Having a serious spat with your advisor?
Gail Bebee Sunday, Jun. 21, 2009 12:49PM EDT T he Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada recently launched a new Whistleblower Service for reporting unethical behaviour and crimes such as securities fraud in the investment industry...

Business Wire - Horsesmouth Kicks Off AdvisorFest '09, a 10-Day Online Conference for Financial Advisors
June 10, 2009 -- More than 24, free business development webinars and Internet radio programs for advisors, financial planners...

Frist Bancorp to acquire Cooperative Bank
First Bancorp announced today that First Bank, its banking subsidiary, has entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , as receiver for Cooperative Bank, Wilmington, North Carolina, effective 6:00 pm today...

Business Wire - Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management to Add Four Senior Hires
June 10, 2009 -- NEW YORK -- Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management (PWM) today announced the addition of four new hires to the firm's US Private Wealth...

Any obfuscation could precipitate a dead cat bounce, not to mention jobbing backwards going forward
By PETER RANSCOMBE BUSINESS REPORTER DO YOU know your "collateralised debt obligation" from your "gross redemption yield"? Financial service firms need to banish such gobbledegook to win back the trust of the public, according to the head of their trade body in Scotland...

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¦..

Humberto Cruz: Pick a financial planner carefully
Q: My husband and I are in our early 30s. We've been saving since our early 20s, mostly in our companies' 401 plans...

SHRM Conference to Reflect Tough Economic Times
Here's a question you may want to ponder: How important is June 28's SHRM conference general session speaker, former General Electric CEO Jack Welch? It's always tough to get attendees focused when an event is taking place in a party town like New Orleans, but this year's SHRM annual conference has a bigger issue to hurdle: getting recession-weary ...

Infra experience must for PPP project bids
In its new pre-bidding guidelines for PPP projects, the finance ministry has removed petroleum and natural gas from the definition of core sector, which could be awarded PPP projects...

Chief Financial Officer
CPS Human Resource Services seeks a Chief Financial Officer - - a forward thinking, strategic leader that builds and implements technically sound financial practices while creatively partnering with the Executives and other Senior Management team members to direct the organization s overall financial goals...

In Malawi, Madonna's star power shines light on forgotten orphans
Eliza Manyoza, a banana vendor in Malawi's colonial-era capital Zomba, says she has never heard a Madonna song...

Market Sage Stops In Syracuse
I?don't have any strong opinion or rant to make this week. I'll be sure to rail against something in a future column...



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