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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 28, 2009
Hedge fund exec plunges to death from Atlantic City escalator

Atlantic City police are investigating how a hedge fund executive fell to his death from an escalator.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 28, 2009
Ready to limbo: Markets look for direction this week

Investors are just not sure where the economy is headed. And so the stock market may be in limbo for a while.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 25, 2009
Money fund assets rose to $3.483T last week

Total money market mutual fund assets rose $198 million to $3.483 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 24, 2009
Bernstein's Hintz bullish on Goldman, Morgan Stanley

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 23, 2009
Financial adviser jumps into race for U.S. Senate seat

A financial adviser from northwest Arkansas said he's seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, joining an increasingly crowded field of GOP hopefuls.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 23, 2009
The Reserve to give back $1B to Primary Fund investors

A money-market mutual fund that held more than $60 billion before it notoriously <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/REG/810299994&amp;ht=bruce%20bent>&#8221;broke the buck&quot;</a> a year ago said Wednesday it will hand out $1 billion in a fifth distribution to investors from the fund's remaining assets.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 21, 2009
Obama outlines economic initiatives in New York visit

President Barack Obama, squeezing in a pitch for his domestic agenda, is promoting his administration's promises of innovation at a New York community college before weeklong meetings on international priorities.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2009
Madoff's beach home sells for more than $8.75M

It boasts ocean views, an infamous former owner &#8212; and now a buyer willing to pay more than $8.75 million.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 17, 2009
Fed: Americans' wealth increased for first time in nearly two years

Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 17, 2009
New jobless claims drop unexpectedly to 545,000, lowest in 2 months