Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 08/25/2009



Sri Lanka stands up due to China support despite international pressure - Basil Rajapakse
We thank the Government of the China for its unstinted support,' Senior Presidential Advisor, Basil Rajapakse, said Thursday addressing a ceremony to mark the successful completion of the first phase of the Nuraichchoalai coal power plant...

NWFP renews threat to boycott NFC meeting
Calls all parties meeting on 26th; seeks fund for operation-hit Malakand Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Bureau report PESHAWAR: The NWFP government has threatened to boycott the upcoming NFC meeting if the federal government failed to allocate an adequate amount for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of militancy-stricken Malakand division...

Business Wire - TIB Financial Corp. Announces a Special Meeting of Shareholders September 23, 2009
August 21, 2009 -- HASH(0x1ee8fa0) NAPLES, Fla. -- TIB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:TIBB), parent company of TIB Bank, The Bank of Venice and Naples...

The book your bank doesn't want you to read
Chartered accountant and author David Trahair has published his second book slamming the financial industry...

Market Wire - MPL Communications Inc.: "Do-it-Yourself" Investors Achieve Spectacular Gains in One of the Worst Markets in History
August 20, 2009 -- MPL Communications Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MPZ) -This year, Canadian investors have faced massive losses not only from tough market conditions but...

Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. Agrees to be Acquired by Advent.
Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. , a leading mall-based specialty retailer for young women, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired and taken private by investment funds managed by Advent International Corporation, a leading global private equity firm with significant expertise in the retail sector...

Obama will nominate Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to second term
Reporting from Martha'S Vineyard, Mass., and Washington -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, a scholar of the Great Depression who moved boldly last fall to prevent another economic catastrophe, will be nominated by President Obama to a second four-year term as head of the nation's increasingly powerful central bank, a senior administration ...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for FRPT, WERN, ARRS, ELNK, LBTYA and ASTM
August 20, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for UN, PSE, AGO, TS, BHI and ZION
August 21, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

How to hit the snooze button on eager friends who make a habit of unannounced visits.
MY WIFE AND I ARE friends with a couple who are in the habit of stopping by early Sunday mornings...

Market Wire - 4WARD Financial Marketing, Inc. Nominates Financial Advisor for InvestmentNews Award
August 20, 2009 -- Dan Anderson, a registered representative withindependent broker dealer NEXTFinancial Group, Inc. , an affiliate of 4WARD FinancialMarketing ,...

Iraqi refugees find U.S. life not what they expected
On a pleasant afternoon in Amman, the genteel Jordanian capital, a petite Iraqi woman with carefully coiffed hair, heavy makeup and lots of gold jewelry sat in a classroom full of refugees heading to America, her face frozen in wide-eyed horror...

Long Island Business News - Long Island 401(k) holders advised to watch their risk
August 21, 2009 -- Long Island companies are scurrying to shore up their 401(k) plans following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows employees to seek damages from...

Annuities confusion a long-running saga
A recent column advocating a fiduciary standard for all financial advisers -- meaning always putting the client's interests first -- prompted a spate of questions about accountability...

China's top political advisor vows closer bonds with ROK
China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin met with member and former deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Lee Sang Deuk on Monday, and called for joint efforts to boost the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership...

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..

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..

Tasty returns from emerging markets
Since the markets turned up in March, investors' appetite for risk has returned -- and in the case of emerging markets, it is voracious...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for HNZ, BMO, CTB, BSX, XRAY and YHOO
August 20, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

Federal judge dismisses civil suit against financial advisor's widow
A federal judge has dismissed a civil suit against the widow of a Midland financial advisor accused of embezzlement...

Sierra Leone beach resort is village's ticket to better life
Reporting from River No. 2, Sierra Leone - The dawn rose over lushly carpeted mountains and broke gently along the miles of powdery white beach in the village improbably named River No...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for MXIM, SNDA, WTNY, CTXS, TLAB and NWSA
August 21, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

Extension Deadline Looms; President of Better Business Ventures, Inc. .
With the extension filing deadline for corporations and partnerships approaching rapidly on September 15, 2009, Owen S. Arnoff, EA, President of Better Business Ventures, Inc...

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..

Grandparents Looking for Disney Discounts
The Boomerater Report, our weekly collaboration with online baby boomer resource Boomerater , this week features tips from other travelers on cost-conscious ways to enjoy Disney theme parks on a budget...

MPs shocked at patient Andy's fight to get care for condition
A MUSCULAR dystrophy patient from Derby has helped the Government uncover a shortage of services for people with the condition...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for DCT, MBI, VIP, ARW, CDE and SMG
August 20, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

Assurant Hits 'Play' for Painless Learning
Collaborative real-time virtual training is gaining popularity for many learning applications, particularly those in which the trainee is making on-the-job decisions that can have serious, and even life-threatening, consequences...

St Helena ExCo Report 36: 4th August 2009
Ascension : St Helena ExCo Report 36: 4th August 2009 Submitted by The Islander 13.08.2009 We had a constructive meeting of the Executive Council this morning, with a typically varied agenda...

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

Making Cents: Investing with emotion causes strife
The facts indicate that there is more money sitting on the sidelines in money market accounts now than ever before...

Central Asian Women Migrants Grapple With Uncertainty
Central Asian women go abroad to work mainly for money, but also to see the world...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for MTG, NOK, TMX, XTO, NM and RDN
August 21, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

Timberland as a Potential Investment Inflation Hedge: Dick Molpus.
In the August 10, 2009 edition of Pensions & Investments magazine, Dick Molpus, President of The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC, is featured in several quotes concerning how timberland has become a hot topic among investors because of inflationary concerns...



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