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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 08, 2008
UBS to buy back $19.4 billion of ARS

UBS AG has agreed to buy back $19.4 billion in auction rate securities on which the value collapsed in February.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 08, 2008
Oil prices drop

Oil prices tumbled this morning on news of a stronger dollar, despite fears over a supply shortage after the threat of a terrorist attack.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 08, 2008
Principal report focuses on retirement income

The Principal Financial Group has released a white paper that examines the four methods of providing retirees with income.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH AUG 08, 2008
Dragon software, data standards

Dictation software frees advisers from the mouse. The MMI and Peridrome predict savings to the managed accounts industry.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 08, 2008
U.S. productivity up 2.3%

Second quarter data was not as strong as the 2.5% rate that had been predicted by economists polled by Thomson Reuters.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 08, 2008
Arbitrators hit Wachovia for $5.3 million

In an arbitration case allegedly involving stolen stock, Wachovia Securities was ordered to pay clients $5.3 million in damages.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 08, 2008
Socially conscious U.S. bond indexes launched

Indexes apply environmental, social and governance performance factors to a U.S. fixed-income asset class.

NEWS OPINION AUG 08, 2008
Delusional distribution strategies

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2008
REITs bounce back in July

After posting an 11.25% drop in June, real estate investment trusts rebounded in July, rising 2.8% for the month, NAREIT and FTSE Group reported today.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 07, 2008
The restitution check is in the mail

Janus Capital Management LLC will begin sending out checks to investors Aug. 15 as restitution from its 2004 market-timing settlement.