Philly Fed president Charles Plosser was one of two voting members of the FOMC to oppose last week's cut in the Fed Funds rate.
Vanguard announced several reassignments of portfolio managers in its fixed income and money market funds.
March's reading of the Reuters/University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment was the worst since 1992.
A "patchwork of regulators" are "unable or unwilling" to protect the American people, said Sen. Barack Obama.
The London hedge fund manager projects net management fee income to grow 15% from the year-ago period.
The firm reported that its operating earnings jumped 17% to a record level of $1.28 billion for 2007.
The U.S. economy grew at 0.6% annual rate in the first quarter, marking the slowest quarter since 2002.
PowerShares Global Nuclear Energy Portfolio is designed to track the overall performance of companies in the nuclear energy industry.
Most advisers are clueless about important tax rules that impact individual retirement accounts, CPA Ed Slott said.
The bill is expected to pass the House by summer, but will not make it through the Senate, lawyer James Delaplane said.
