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By Staff WriterProduction growth, acquisitions and other factors are improving results for energy firms despite today's highly complex regulatory environment, analysts say. --- Robert Plexman, CFABC World Markets [email protected] Area...
October 01, 2007
Risky RussiaSoon after Russia's debt default and ruble devaluation in 1998, I had a talk with a money manager with expertise in emerging markets. Professionals know...
October 01, 2007
Paying for KeepsResearch: Your 2007 Investor Research Survey delivered some interesting results about attitudes toward retirement. What did you find most exciting about the data?Greer: Our research...
October 01, 2007
Shopping the Bond MarketIt didn't seem this lunch was going to happen. Tom Ricketts, president and CEO of Incapital, was taking a morning flight from Chicago, where the private...
October 01, 2007
The Future of Fee-Based AccountsA collision of regulatory events has given a boost to the industry's move toward a fee-based business model -- with some pundits predicting dramatic change...
September 19, 2007
New Job Picture for '07For the first time in four years, U.S. employment contracted as a result of huge drops in construction and manufacturing payrolls, reports Jeff Testerman of BrokerHunter.com. Fears that the slowdown i
September 01, 2007
Merrill Posts 2Q Results; Bank Deal Moves AheadIn the second quarter, Merrill Lynch's global wealth management unit had net sales of $3.6 billion, a jump of 18 percent over the year-ago period....
September 01, 2007
Housing Slumps, ETFs SufferAfter several years of outsized gains, homebuilding stocks are slumping. Slow job growth and falling home prices throughout the U.S. are putting a damper on...