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RIA NEWS APR 30, 2007
In-play telecom probed for release denying talks

OTTAWA — While a bidding war goes on for BCE Inc., InvestmentNews learned last Tuesday that the Montreal-based telecom giant is under investigation by Market Regulation Services Inc. for a misleading, possibly fraudulent, press release.

OPINION APR 30, 2007
‘Never mind’ the SEC’s regulatory mess

RIA NEWS APR 30, 2007
Industry internships target black colleges

Helping Wall Street firms to look more like the American public they serve is the idea behind a new internship program designed for students who attend historically black colleges and universities.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 30, 2007
Investors in the PBHG case receive $125M distribution

BOSTON — Nearly three and a half years after PBHG Funds’ founders were charged with fraud, checks have started going out to mutual fund investors wronged by the alleged trading abuses at their former firm.

ETFS APR 30, 2007
Forget skill; fees drive bond fund returns

PHILADELPHIA — It is a message he has delivered many times before, but industry experts said John C. Bogle’s continued assertion that bond funds on average are too expensive deserves special attention in the current market.

WIREHOUSES APR 27, 2007
Citigroup clinches Nikko takeover

With a $13.4 billion offer, Citigroup Inc. yesterday closed on the largest foreign takeover of a Japanese company, Nikko Cordial Corp., according to published reports.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 27, 2007
The Hartford books 20% earnings increase

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced today that earnings rose 20% in the first quarter to $876 million, from $728 million for the same period a year earlier.

RIA NEWS APR 27, 2007
TIAA-CREF ups equities in lifecycles

New York-based TIAA-CREF has increased equity exposure on all seven of its lifecycle funds to 90% up from 80%, the company announced today.

RIA NEWS APR 27, 2007
Online brokerage firms rated

Firstrade Securities got the top overall score in the latest survey of online brokerage firms conducted by Consumer Reports.

RIA NEWS APR 27, 2007
Oppenheimer Holdings profits down 2.5%

Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. today reported a net profit of $16,790,000 or $1.28 per share for the first quarter, a 2.5% decrease from $17,217,000, or $1.36 per share, in the same quarter in 2006, the company announced today.