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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 14, 2010
E*Trade sees pointed decline in DARTS

The good news? The online brokerage added 7,761 net brokerage accounts in February. The bad? Daily average revenue trades fell by 20%

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Death tax dead, but wealthy clients standing by

The temporary suspension of the estate tax is not spurring high-net-worth Americans to take action on their estate plans.

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan on nuns' hit list
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 12, 2010
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan on nuns' hit list

Wall Street firms 'doing God's work?' Apparently not, as a religious group confronts banks over 'immorality' of swaps

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 12, 2010
Obama wants Janet Yellen as Fed vice chair

President Barack Obama wants to nominate Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, an administration official said Friday.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 12, 2010
SEC to require money funds to disclose shadow NAV

Money market funds will have to disclose on a delayed basis their fluctuating “shadow” net asset values rather than their $1-per-share value, thanks to new rules adopted today by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 11, 2010
CFTC claims trader skinned investors in forex fraud

Authorities say Patrick Rakotonanahary's currency trading business was actually a classic Ponzi scheme

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
Blood tests and Facebook: Life insurers reveal their to-do list for 2010

With the life insurance industry recovering from a year of falling revenue, as sales of variable annuities, universal- and variable-universal life insurance all off, carriers are gearing up to make some changes.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 10, 2010
TD Ameritrade to offer DIY valuation tool

Program aimed at helping advisers come up with a ballpark figure on what their firms are worth; many 'flying blind'

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 10, 2010
More than 20% of life policies sales in '08 were by direct marketing

New data finds that more than 2 million individual life insurance policies were sold via the Internet, direct mail and telephone.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 10, 2010
Keith Goddard: Look for a 'smart' rally in tech

The growth of mobile Internet usage via smart phones and tablet computers is poised to drive the next major technology cycle, according to Keith Goddard, president and chief investment officer of Capital Advisors Inc.