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By Staff WriterThere are investment opportunities for those willing to do their homework in the banking sector in 2008, analysts say. --- Samuel Caldwell, CFAKeefe, Bruyette & [email protected] Outlook: We...
January 18, 2008
Smith Barney Boosts Results, Lowers HeadcountRevenues at Smith Barney grew 27 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, Citigroup has reported, driven by an 18 percent growth in fee-based and net interest revenues and a 43 percent increase in trans
January 18, 2008
Merrill Hits 16,740 FAs, Adds 860 in '07Despite reporting sizeable net losses for the fourth quarter and full-year 2007 due to write-downs associated with U.S. collateralized debt obligations, Merrill Lynch says its private-client group con
January 11, 2008
Greenspan to Speak at Pershing's INSITE '08Pershing LLC, a unit of the Bank of New York, will showcase a variety of financial, economic, political and other developments during INSITE 2008, a financial products and services conference set to t
January 09, 2008
Securities Jobs Weaken, But Just a BitThe December employment report issued on January 4 showed the weakest job growth since August of 2003, with only 18,000 jobs added in the entire non-farm jobs area and unemployment shooting up to 5 pe
January 02, 2008
FSI Elects '08 LeadersThe Atlanta-based Financial Services Institute, or FSI, says the industry group's board of directors has unanimously elected Brian Murphy, chairman of Woodbury Financial Services of Woodbury, Minn., a
January 01, 2008
MDRT membership statistics35,662: Total membership 479: Companies represented 78: Nations and territories represented 12,094: Female members 13,882: Members from the U.S. 21,780: Members from outside the U.S. 4,911: Court of the Table membe
January 01, 2008
Shorting the China BoomA meteoric run-up in Chinese stocks has some investors believing a strong reversal could be in the works. If that happens, now they'll get the...