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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 06, 2010
Ex-New York Mets file $12.5M suit against financial advisers

Former major leaguers Rondell White and Cliff Floyd have filed a $12.5 million lawsuit in federal court against two New Jersey financial advisers, alleging they lost millions of dollars in a real estate development deal.

NEWS RIAS MAY 06, 2010
OpINion online: Sow or reap? That's the question for advisers

My friends at <a href=www.businesshealth.com>Business Health</a>, an international consulting firm that specializes in financial advisory businesses, recently came out with a report comparing the financial &#8220;health&#8221; of Australian advisory practices today with their condition in 2007.

Schwab strikes out in bid to get YieldPlus suit tossed
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 06, 2010
Schwab strikes out in bid to get YieldPlus suit tossed

The online brokerage was hoping to keep the YieldPlus lawsuit from going to trial. After a Federal judge's ruling on Thursday, it may be time for Plan B.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 06, 2010
Regulator faults Wall Street banks on derivatives

Wall Street banks are seeking exemptions to proposed new financial derivatives rules that could shield more than half the trades that should be subject to disclosure, a federal regulator said Thursday.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAY 05, 2010
Mohamed El-Erian and Dan Fuss: Greek crisis is going global

Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Mohamed El-Erian and Loomis Sayles &amp; Co.'s Dan Fuss said the European debt crisis may spread across the globe because of investor concern that governments have borrowed too much to revive their economies.

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS MAY 05, 2010
Bill Gross: It's now time for Greece to restructure

Greece needs to reduce the nation's debt through a restructuring and impose deep spending cuts to exit its fiscal crisis, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Bill Gross.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 05, 2010
Did Goldman dump its dregs on clients? Internal emails offer clues

Newly released internal emails seem to show that the Wall Street titan looked to sell bonds the firm found too risky to hold

E-mails shed unflattering light on Goldman CDO sales
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 05, 2010
E-mails shed unflattering light on Goldman CDO sales

Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein is testifying in Congress today. Yesterday, a Senate panel released Goldman e-mails that may not enhance the firm's reputation with some clients

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2010
Setback in Bear Stearns case may force gov't shift

The swift acquittal of two Bear Stearns executives in the government's criminal case tied to the financial meltdown likely will force prosecutors to rethink the evidence they planned to present in a raft of cases that have yet to go to trial, legal experts say.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 04, 2010
Waiving commissions on ETFs not a big draw, study finds

Firms need not offer exchange-traded funds commission-free &#8212; or at a discount &#8212; to accumulate ETF assets.