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TAX WATCH: Three choices for treating commissions
Effective Oct. 2, Revenue Procedure 2000-38 provides guidance on three accounting methods that mutual fund distributors may use…
TAX WATCH: Annuity owners can offset now, pay later
The Internal Revenue Service recently ruled that the owners of single-premium annuity contracts could offset their annuity income…
PriceWaterhouse seals Van Kampen site with a kiss
Van Kampen Funds Inc. became the first mutual fund company to have its website awarded the PricewaterhouseCoopers BetterWeb seal of approval, while several others are in the process of getting their own BetterWeb seals.
Investing with a conscience can build client trust
Can you afford to ignore socially responsible investing? Investors put more than $1 trillion into socially and environmentally responsible portfolios in 1999.
MONDAY MORNING: Hope that tech souffle doesn’t fall
Has anyone figured out the Nasdaq yet? Shares of technology companies soared last week, setting records for three…
HEIDI FLAMMANG: GRIEF, LOSS INSPIRE HER BUSINESS
After Heidi Flammang became a widow at age 27, managing a $1 million insurance settlement proved just about as trying as coping with her grief.
George M Steinbrenner legacy up in the heir?
In his 25 years at the helm of the New York Yankees, George M. Steinbrenner III has earned a reputation as baseball's quintessential control freak. But even he can't control the passage of time.
To elbow two aside, Fitch IBCA tries harder: Three’s a crowd for bond ratings
When the Chicago Park District has sold bonds lately, it has employed two companies to rate the debt for investment safety.
