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PHILLIPS TAKES A POWDER AS PMC CHIEF: CEO SPLITS AFTER SALE BLOWS UP AND STOCK DROPS BELOW 50 CENTS

Just two weeks after a deal to sell most of PMC International Inc. collapsed, cutting its market value…

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PEOPLE / Y. DAVID KOVACS: FIGHTING IRISH’S FENCING ISRAELI

Mathematically speaking, the probability is pretty low that a kid from north of Tel Aviv who spent his…

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EVEN WHEN MARKETS ARE DOWN, INDEX FUNDS ARE FAR FROM OUT: BARCLAYS REPORT SHOWS ACTIVE MANAGERS DO ONLY A SMIDGEN BETTER

Barclays Global Investors has stirred up the debate over active and passive investing with a report that states…

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SUCCESS NOT ALWAYS PORTABLE: HITCHING WAGON TO PORTFOLIO STAR HAS SO-SO RESULTS

What do mutual fund stars Thomas Marsico, Brian Posner and Elizabeth Bramwell have in common? They all made…

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  • August 17, 1998

WHOLESALER PAY ROCKETS UP: BATTLE FOR ADVISERS BOOSTS TAKE-HOME TO $400G

Those in financial services like to call mutual funds commodities, because there are more than 8,000. And many liken those who market them to shoe salesmen or door-to-door encyclopedia salesmen.

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INVESTORS LICKING THEIR CHOPS OVER GOLDMAN SACHS IPO: CONFIDENT PARTNERSHIP VOTES TO SELL AT LEAST 10%; HAS NO FEAR OF ANOTHER OCTOBER DROP

Like teenagers waiting for rock concert tickets, mutual fund managers are lining up for Goldman Sachs Group LP’s…

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BIG CHEESE CPA FONDUED FOR AMEX LINK: ASSOCIATION CHIEF’S FIRM SOLD TO TITAN

Stuart Kessler, one of the first CPAs to offer financial planning services 20 years ago, is embroiled in…

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CONFERENCE CALL: SIMPLICITY IS THE WORD IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

When discussing volatility in mutual funds with clients, financial advisers would do best to take a cue from…

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HOW ONE FIRM IS HARVESTING THE BEANS FROM BEAN COUNTERS: BOUTIQUE’S NEW TACK: WOOING OF ACCOUNTANTS

Advisory Consulting Group Inc., a company that provides portfolio management services to financial advisers, is setting its sights…

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PRODUCT WATCH: AN AWFUL LOT OF PHONE COS. IN BRAZIL

Merrill Lynch & Co. has introduced a novel stock product to deal with the breakup of Brazil’s monopoly…