Sue Asci

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INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 18, 2009
John Jerry Inskeep, co-founder of Columbia Management, is dead

John Jerry Inskeep Jr., co-founder of Columbia Management Co., the first mutual fund firm in Oregon, died Aug. 16.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 16, 2009
Bank on bank stocks - but not on their survival

More banks are expected to fail by the end of the year, but analysts still expect their stocks to continue to gain value.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 16, 2009
Merrill Lynch confronts arbitration claim involving financials' preferred stock

A retired Michigan couple has filed a securities arbitration claim against Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. alleging that improper sales practices led to a loss of $650,000 — the latest example of what some securities lawyers see as a rising tide of claims involving the preferred stock of financial firms.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 16, 2009
Market makeup test

Lipstick sales are down — good news for those who see cosmetics sales as a leading economic indicator.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 14, 2009
Meredith Whitney buys a broker-dealer

Meredith Whitney Advisory Group LLC has announced that it has wrapped up its purchase of Seegal Benson Leucadia Securities LLC, a New York-based broker dealer.

NEWS WIREHOUSES AUG 12, 2009
Wirehouse-hopping drops as reps flock to indies and regionals

The number of advisers moving from one wirehouse to another reached a nine-month low last month, according to data compiled by the Discovery-RR Database.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 11, 2009
Merrill faces arbitration over financial preferred stock

A retired Michigan couple has filed a securities arbitration claim against Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. for sales practices that allegedly led to a loss of $650,000.

INVESTING ESG AUG 10, 2009
Green funds return 22.95% through July 31, outperforming the S&P 500

For green investors, patience is not only a virtue, it is a source of profits.

YOUR PRACTICE WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY AUG 09, 2009
What women want

Although women constitute a significant amount of global spending, many feel that they are underserved by businesses, particularly in the investment industry, according to a recently released survey from The Boston Consulting Group Inc.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 09, 2009
Adviser who stole the identity of dead baby pleads guilty to fraud

A former financial adviser and registered representative who reportedly hid his criminal past by using a dead infant's identity pleaded guilty last Thursday to several fraud charges.