Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 08/03/2009



Protective Life Corporation Announces New Director
Protective Life Corporation announces that Hans Miller has joined the Company's Board of Directors...

Market Wire - Hillsborough Resources Provides Action Update to Shareholders
July 31, 2009 -- Hillsborough Resources Limited (TSX: HLB) ("Hillsborough" or the "Corporation") provides an update to shareholders on action taken by the Special...

Market Wire - Senator Bennett and Senator Daschle to Address Infocast's Annual Healthcare Deal Making Summit in Nashville
July 31, 2009 -- Senator Robert F. Bennett (R-UT) and formerSenate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-SD) will address Infocast'sHealthcare Deal Making Summit,...

PR Newswire - Synaptics Reports Record Revenue and Profit for Fiscal 2009; Announces CEO Transition
July 30, 2009 -- SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synaptics , a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing,...

NovaGold Resources Inc.: NovaGold Provides Update on New Galore Creek Project Advisors
EURŠ financial advisor to assist the Company in securing financing for its Galore Creek copper-gold-silver project in northwestern British Columbia EURŠ..

IFC and Partners Help Sharpen Media's Corporate Governance Focus in India
New Delhi, India, July 30, 2009-IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is sharing knowledge and best practices with senior journalists through workshops and training programs in Delhi and Mumbai to help deepen understanding and sharpen reporting of corporate governance-related issues in India...

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AspenCross Financial Group Relocates Nashua Branch Office to Bedford New Hampshire
AspenCross Financial Group recently announced the relocation and expansion of its Nashua, NH Branch Office to Bedford, NH...

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 EURŠ..

Offshoring Evolving at a Rapid Pace, Report Duke University and The Conference Board
The number of U.S. companies with an offshoring strategy has more than doubled from 2005 to 2008 and very few plan to relocate activities back to the United States, according to Duke Offshoring Research Network's fifth annual report on offshoring trends, published in collaboration with The Conference Board...

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Geithner Lets Slip that Obama is Going to Break his no tax increase pledge.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPS! Aw, snap! Tim "Tax Cheat" Geithner, Secretary of Treasury, was on with George "suck up"Stephanopaulos yesterday...

Market Wire - Statement by the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food)
July 31, 2009 -- The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food), issued the following...

Business Wire - Schwab Survey Finds a Majority of Investors Are Not Monitoring or Adjusting Their Mutual Fund Portfolios
July 31, 2009 -- HASH(0x21b2710) SAN FRANCISCO -- A recent Charles Schwab survey found that just 4 out of 10 (39 percent) mutual fund investors...

Business Wire - First Allied Launches Guided Portfolio Solutions
July 31, 2009 -- HASH(0x21ab230) GPS Delivers Robust Capabilities and Streamlined Workflows Built on the Industry Leading FolioDynamix Platform...

Run for Ron
The second annual Run for Ron 10K in Amagansett on Saturday attracted more runners this year than last and it appears to have cemented its place among the long list of local summer footraces...

Business Wire - Guggenheim Partners to Acquire Claymore Group
July 31, 2009 -- HASH(0x212dfd0) Acquisition includes all Claymore-associated entities: Claymore Securities, Claymore Advisors and Claymore...

Projections, IRS Audits, Independent Contractors
A tax projection is a mini tax return using actual results from current operations annualized to reflect what a full year result would be...

Commissioner seeks report on wall collapse
VISAKHAPATNAM: Municipal Commissioner B. Sridhar asked the executive engineer concerned to inspect and submit a report on a complaint that the retaining wall of drainage at Simhadripuram collapsed leading to flooding of nearby houses...

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

Daniel L'Africain and Erik Ryan appointed to the Board of Directors.
Isabelle Hudon, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Socit du Havre de Montral, is pleased to announce the appointment to the Corporation's Board of two new members: Mr...

Business Wire - Merriman Curhan Ford Named as Financial Advisor in FUQI International’s Public Follow-on Offering
July 31, 2009 -- HASH(0x2a966adf70) SAN FRANCISCO -- Merriman Curhan Ford Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MERR) was named today as a financial advisor in...

Marlin Client Vhayu Technologies Corporation Acquired by Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has acquired M&A's client, Vhayu Technologies Corporation. Vhayu, based in Los Gatos, CA, is a leading provider of high-speed data analysis solutions...

RIAs See Significant Growth in Next Five Years
Despite this year's arduous business environment, independent RIAs remain optimistic, according to the results of the 2009 Charles Schwab RIA Benchmarking Study, released Monday...

2009 Article IV Consultation with France
With Anne-Marie Gulde, Senior Advisor in the European Department, and Erik De Vrijer, Assistant Director in the European Department Washington, D.C., Friday, July 31, 2009 MS...

Stock Smackdown: Cramer vs. CAPS
There's no denying that Mad Money host Jim Cramer is entertaining, popular, and passionate...

Eye center medical director buys in Lantana
Dr. Richard Fichman and Lynn Fichman bought a two-bath home at 110 Atlantic Dr. N. in Lantana from Mark Martorell and Mildred Schwartz for $600,000 on June 17...

Banks, brokerages in ABCP saga named
Of the three dozen investors, representing families and individuals who were stranded with investments worth more than $1-million each when the ABCP market seized in August 2007, at least one has an account with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, four with National Bank Financial and most of the remaining are with Canaccord Capital Inc...

CCI starts investigation against DTH operators
If found guilty in the set-top-box interoperability issue, DTH service providers may have to pay a penalty of 10 per cent of their average turnover in last three financial years Prasoon Srivastava NEW DELHI, INDIA: Competition Commission of India has started investigation against Direct to Home service providers on the basis of the information ...

5 Stocks Approaching Greatness
Some companies are obviously great investments -- in hindsight. Yet for every stock out there screaming " buy me ," others simply give us a nudge and a nod...

MFS Announces Closed-End Fund Distributions
MFS Investment Management announced today monthly distributions of the following closed-end funds, all with declaration dates of August 3, 2009, ex-dividend dates of August 10, 2009, record dates of August 12, 2009, and payable dates of August 31, 2009: MFS California Insured Municipal $0.0660 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0660 MFS Charter Income ...

PR Newswire - China XD Plastics to be Covered by Standard & Poor's Market Access Coverage
July 30, 2009 -- HARBIN, China, July 30 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China XD Plastics Company Ltd. ("China XD Plastics" or the "Company"), (BULLETIN BOARD:...

Business Wire - Yasheng ECO-Trade Corporation Engages Cukierman Investment House Firm
July 29, 2009 -- HASH(0x1ee0740) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Yasheng ECO-Trade Corporation (OTCBB:YASH), has signed a Financial Advisor Engagement...

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 EURŠ..



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