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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 10, 2009
Financial services biz adviser Accenture first to cut ties with Tiger

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS DEC 10, 2009
China shares rebound

Chinese shares rebounded Monday, along with other regional markets, after Dubai said it had received $10 billion from Abu Dhabi to repay debts owed by its Dubai World investment conglomerate.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 10, 2009
Smaller trade deficit lifts stocks on the day

Stock indexes rose Thursday as a jump in exports offset concerns about an increase in weekly unemployment claims

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 10, 2009
Weaker dollar pumps up stock futures

A weaker dollar and hopes for more good news on employment are lifting stock futures.

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS DEC 10, 2009
Nikkei sheds 1.4% on strong yen, weak economy

Japanese stocks fell Thursday as fresh concerns about the strong yen and mounting doubts about the country's economic recovery weighed on sentiment.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2009
Stocks mixed in early trading

Stocks are slightly lower in early trading as concerns about foreign debt problems offset a weaker dollar.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2009
Investors in Dubai don't buy, as market plunges

Dubai's main stock exchange plunged for a third straight day Wednesday as investors dumped holdings.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2009
World markets fall on sovereign debt worries

World stock markets fell Wednesday amid ongoing worries about sovereign credit risks and ahead of a key budgetary policy statement from the British government.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 09, 2009
Little Rock investment show host fined for alleged mutual fund fraud

The Arkansas Securities Department announced Tuesday that it fined a broker $50,000 and suspended his license for two weeks after a probe into alleged fraudulent mutual fund sales

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 09, 2009
SEC told to tighten process for investigating advisers

The Securities and Exchange Commission must tighten its process for deciding which investment advisers to inspect if it is to avoid colossal breakdowns like the one that allowed Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud to go undetected for 16 years, the agency's inspector general says.