Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 10/01/2009



The Forbes 400 Richest Americans
America's super rich are getting poorer. For only the fifth time since 1982, the collective net worth of The Forbes 400, our annual tally of the nation's richest people, has declined, falling $300 billion in the past 12 months from $1.57 trillion to $1.27 trillion...

Edward Jones Ramps Up Rookie Recruitment
Just as many big firms are scaling back their training programs to cut costs, Edward Jones is opening a new facility to train rookie brokers in its hometown of St...

Business Wire - Sorrento Pacific Financial Joins Forces with Partnervest Financial Group, Expanding Its Own Offerings and Technology to Support the Independent Channel
September 29, 2009 -- HASH(0x2a966bdde0) SPF Builds Alliance with Successful Independent Financial Services Company via Asset Acquisition of...

Center for Health Value Innovation Launches Leveraging Health,.
ST. LOUIS & WASHINGTON-- --Cutting through the clutter of health care reform discussions, leaders from The Center for Health Value Innovation , the nation's leading information exchange for value-based design, gathered on Capitol Hill yesterday to celebrate the publication of Leveraging Health and emphasize the Center's dedication to aligned ...

Franchising Around The World
In last year's special report on franchising, we wrote that the international landscape provided a fertile opportunity for strong brands between conversion product and the potential for new-build unit growth...

SMART529 College Savings Program Unveils Product Enhancements
The Hartford SMART529 , offered by the West Virginia College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program Board of Trustees, today announced recent product changes including the introduction of the Checks and Balances investment portfolio...

Sunwing Travel Group and First Choice Canada to create strategic venture
Sunwing Travel Group and TUI Travel PLC have agreed to a proposed strategic venture with their respective Canadian tour operations and retail divisions...

Learning from the best
I closed my last column, on developing an investment selling strategy, with a quote from the American financier and stock market speculator, Bernard Baruch, who said "I never lost money by turning a profit." It occurred to me that giving further consideration to quotes of "Investment Masters" would make for a rewarding column...

Mobile Regional Airport seeks flight opportunities Business Briefs
Gulf Transport LLC announced this week that it has opened a trucking terminal in Atmore with 15 new employees...

Total Site Solutions CEO and President Jerry Gallagher to Speak at.
Fortress International Group, Inc. , a leading provider of Consulting and Engineering, Construction Management and 24/7/365 Site Services for mission-critical facilities, today announced that Jerry Gallagher, CEO and President of Total Site Solutions, a Fortress International Group company, is being featured in a Green Data Centres panel discussion ...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for BIG, ED, GTI, CVC, HMY and BGC
September 30, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

10 Dividend Stocks for the Next Decade and Beyond
Following the worst stock market year since the Great Depression, it's natural for investors to seek more stable and less stressful stock strategies...

Business Wire - London & Pacific Healthcare Subsidiary Secures $10.0 Million Debtor-in-Possession Financing for Downey Regional Medical Center
September 30, 2009 -- HASH(0x1e9b500) EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- LONDON & PACIFIC HEALTHCARE, INC. (PINK SHEETS: LDPH) (FRANKFURT: EGU) today announced...

Graduate Leverage Named in Inc. Magazine's 2009 500/5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies
Graduate Leverage , LLC , a leader in the student lending industry, was recently named to Inc...

Afghanistan: NATO Secretary General Reaffirms Europe's Commitment to Atlantic Alliance
As the debate deepens in Washington over whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, one factor that American policy makers are trying to gauge is the level of commitment of US allies...

The Forbes 400 Richest Americans
America's super rich are getting poorer. For only the fifth time since 1982, the collective net worth of The Forbes 400, our annual tally of the nation's richest people, has declined, falling $300 billion in the past 12 months from $1.57 trillion to $1.27 trillion...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for HBC, ICO, BNI, HOV, ERJ and CPB
September 30, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

Research and Markets: E-Learning: Financial Accounting - A.
Research and Markets: E-Learning: Financial Accounting - A Comprehensive and Practical Online Guide for the Basics of Financial Accounting A comprehensive and practical online guide for the basics of financial accounting Any organization that deals with money or money's worth needs to record every transaction that it enters into...

Limit on discretionary aid to individuals shot down by delegates
Eva Smiley, legislative aid to the Resources Committee, hides from the photographer behind documents that list numerous checks written to her daughter and father at the legislative branch offices on Sept...

Market Wire - BenchmarkJournal.com Free Analyst Review for IPG, ITUB, MBT, PTEN, MDRX and LINTA
September 30, 2009 -- Benchmark Journal brings independent company andsector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investmenttactics to provide you...

Business Wire - MAS Acts as Advisor to Spot Systems, Inc. In Its Sale to Financial Software Systems Inc.
September 29, 2009 -- HASH(0x1ecc740) SPRING LAKE, N.J. -- Market Advisory Services, Inc. (MAS, www.masfit.com ), a strategic advisory and management...

Market Wire - Sentry Select Primary Metals Corp. Announces Strategic Review Process Update
September 30, 2009 -- Sentry Select Primary Metals Corp. (the "Corporation") (TSX: PME), is pleased to provide an update on its review of strategic alternatives for the...

Guardian Capital Group Limited and Guardian Capital Tactical Yield.
The following corrects and replaces the release sent at 1:19 pm ET on October 1, 2009...

Polaris International Holdings, Inc. (PIHN) Announces Appointment of Chief Strategy Officer
Polaris International Holdings, Inc. announced today that the Company has appointed Toby Cohantz as its Chief Strategy Officer ...

Business Wire - CEO Panelists Emphasize CFO Role as Business Advisor at Financial Management Association of New Hampshire Event
September 30, 2009 -- HASH(0x2a966b1d80) MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The Financial Management Association of New Hampshire (FMA of NH) this month hosted...

Business Wire - Steel Partners Seeks Shareholder Support to Remove Two Adaptec Directors
September 30, 2009 -- HASH(0x1dccb40) Criticizes Directors Who Opposed Recommendation of CompanyâÂEURÂ(TM)s Independent Financial Advisor That the...

Xiotech names new CEO
Eden Prairie-based Xiotech Corp., a maker of business data storage systems, said today it has hired a new CEO from storage giant EMC...

Real estate haggling, back and better than ever
Haggling could be described as the art of getting the most for the least. Sometimes it's a gentle process, other times it can be brutal and ugly...

Court Approves ION Media Networks, Inc.'s Disclosure Statement
ION Media Networks, Inc. , owner and operator of the ION Television network, today announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the Disclosure Statement filed in connection with the company's proposed Plan of Reorganization and authorized ION to begin soliciting votes from its creditors...

Business Wire - A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Investors Trust Assurance SPC
September 30, 2009 -- HASH(0x2a966b40c0) OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and issuer credit...



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