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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 15, 2010
UBS unit facing forgery probe on Bernie Madoff funds

UBS AG's Luxembourg unit is being probed by prosecutors over allegations of forgery when it oversaw two funds linked to Bernard Madoff.

Cheap source of startup capital? Your 401(k)
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2010
Cheap source of startup capital? Your 401(k)

Investors are taking advantage of a loophole that lets them use their pension money to invest in new businesses -- tax free. But snares await

Incite: Regulators need babes, bucks, and a share of the spoils
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2010
Incite: Regulators need babes, bucks, and a share of the spoils

Forget new regulations -- just dangle a bigger bone in front of Wall Street watchdogs

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 14, 2010
UBS tells clients: Stocks will gain half as much as previously forecast

UBS AG reduced its forecast for where the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will end the year to 1,150, citing slower profit growth and an unwillingness among investors to pay higher valuations for earnings.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 14, 2010
Sector snapshot: The biggest threat to health care stocks

The specter of higher costs continues to hang over the health care sector – a threat that is preventing most health care stocks from benefiting from the new reform package.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 14, 2010
Reform bill a winner, says head of state securities group

Crawford says legislation gives states a voice on oversight council

BlackRock's Stattman, other top investors placing chips on blue chips
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 13, 2010
BlackRock's Stattman, other top investors placing chips on blue chips

Okay, large caps are boring. But top asset managers like Dennis Stattman and Jeremy Grantham see a 'once-in-a-lifetime' buying opportunity in these undervalued -- and dividend paying -- stocks.

So where are all the muni bond defaults?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 13, 2010
So where are all the muni bond defaults?

Office closings. Job reductions. Cutting back on flowers at psychiatric hospitals. States are trying anything and everything to make sure they don't miss debt payments. And so far, they're succeeding.

NEWS OPINION JUL 13, 2010
Study This: Why a Fiduciary Standard Will STILL Come Up Short

SEC will impose fiduciary standard on brokers: Barney Frank
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 13, 2010
SEC will impose fiduciary standard on brokers: Barney Frank

'We gave the SEC the power to do it', the Congressman said just moments before the House passed the financial-reform bill. 'And they're going to do it.'