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RIA NEWS JUL 08, 2010
Randy Quaid sues advisers for plundering Hollywood millions

Actor Randy Quaid filed a lawsuit against his “trusted advisors” on Monday alleging that they defrauded him out of millions of dollars during a 20-year period.

By Lisa Shidler
Miami Heat cools investor interest in the Knicks
RIA NEWS JUL 08, 2010
Miami Heat cools investor interest in the Knicks

The Miami Heat cooled off investor interest this month in Madison Square Garden Inc., the company that owns the New York Knicks.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2010
Wall Street hiring jumps most since 2008

The removal of uncertainty regarding Congress's financial reform bill may reinforce the employment rebound as some bankers are being offered guaranteed bonuses.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
Former Merrill Lynch wealth business to go public

First Republic Bank, the San Francisco lender purchased by private-equity firms from Bank of America Corp. at midyear, is planning an initial public offering.

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
From the Tax Expert: Why you should sell Weyerhaeuser today

Most taxable investors who wish to continue to hold shares of Weyerhaeuser Co. Ticker:(WY) should probably sell today and buy it back again tomorrow after the stock has gone ex-dividend.

By Robert N. Gordon
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
Adviser info leaked

Advisers in Massachusetts were stunned after receiving a letter from the Massachusetts Securities Division, announcing that the regulator had accidentally leaked personal information on some 139,000 advisers registered in the Bay State.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
Citigroup readies RIA referral program

Citi Personal Wealth Management, the last vestige of retail brokerage at Citigroup Inc. following its spinoff of Smith Barney last June, plans to launch its long-awaited referral program to outside registered investment advisers this summer.

By Jed Horowitz
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
Schwab trims fees on six exchange-traded funds

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
Pershing's Brueckner: Finra could add board to oversee RIAs

By Dan Jamieson
EMERGING MARKETS JUL 07, 2010
Money managers see pay dirt in oil crisis

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
Coming soon: Clarity on alternative investments?

In an age of automation, broker-dealers interested in alternative investments -- hedge funds, LLPs,, non-traded REITs and the like -- still rely on phone calls and faxes to conduct transactions. A new platform could change all that.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
Peter Schiff: Paul Krugman is wrong. We need deflation

In a commentary two weeks ago, I rebutted dangerously silly arguments put forward by New York Times columnist Paul Krugman about how the United States should pressure China to drop its support for the U.S. dollar.

By Peter Schiff
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2010
Peter Schiff: Why Paul Krugman should lose his Nobel Prize

In his latest weekly New York Times column, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman put forward arguments that were so nonsensical that the award committee should ask for its medal back.

By Bloomberg
T. Boone: BP a good buy
RIA NEWS JUL 06, 2010
T. Boone: BP a good buy

Boone Pickens bullish on BP -- the oil company, that is; 'a little more heat' to come

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JUL 06, 2010
Jeffrey Saut: The call of the week

Depressions, and recessions, are even more difficult to predict than the stock market. Yet, most economists agree the recession ended around this time last year.

By Bloomberg
Lesson from Lynch has FBR's Ellison buying up bank stocks
RIA NEWS JUL 06, 2010
Lesson from Lynch has FBR's Ellison buying up bank stocks

Why is highly rated fund manager David Ellison buying up bank stocks? It all goes back to something he learned from his former boss, Peter Lynch.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JUL 06, 2010
Yikes: 'Long siege' ahead for U.S. economy, says Paul Krugman

Forget a recovery: the U.S. economy is in a deep deep hole, says the Nobel Laureate. And without more stimulus programs, digging out may take years.

By John Goff
RIA NEWS JUL 06, 2010
Clean energy will deliver the green, says Leuthold's Kurzman

Sees 20% to 30% returns on clean tech; 'small base' a big plus

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JUL 06, 2010
Dennis Stattman: Japan looks promising

Dennis Stattman is a senior portfolio manager of the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund.

By MFXFeeder
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 06, 2010
MetLife will pay $13.5M to end probe of 'improper' broker payments

MetLife Inc., the biggest U.S. life insurer, agreed to pay the government $13.5 million to resolve an investigation into “improper” payments to a San Diego-based broker that sold the company's coverage.

By Bloomberg