The consumer price index, a key indicator of inflation trends, dropped for the third consecutive month in December and barely rose for 2008, marking its slowest pace in 54 years, according to Department of Labor data released today.
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., which late last year said it would eliminate more than 100 jobs at all levels amid the economic slowdown, said Friday that it will continue to reduce expenses.
But the former Wall Street giant will need to assert more international coordination to meet this goal, a federal judge emphasized yesterday in a court hearing.
Genworth Financial Inc.’s long term care insurance business has teamed with the National LTC Network Inc. in a marketing relationship aimed at selling the insurer’s products and services.
Retail sales fell 2.7% in December from November as a growing number of shoppers stayed on the sidelines during the holiday shopping season, according to the Department of Commerce.
The new combination provides an “unmatched global platform,” the firms said, with $1.7 trillion in client assets and more than 20,000 reps.
House Democrats intend to give President-elect Barack Obama $1 trillion to deploy for economic recovery programs as early as the middle of February, said Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass.
John Lovito and Federico Garcia Zamora recently joined the firm as co-portfolio managers for the $1.7 billion American Century International Bond Fund, the Kansas City, Mo.-based American Century said today.
The moves reflect Mr. Obama’s desire to have the money available shortly after he takes office Jan. 20, Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the office of the President-elect, said in an interview yesterday.
Fund managers around the globe hold a generally optimistic outlook on the future, predicting that markets in most regions will begin to recover in 2009, according to a survey released today by Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc.
Jackson National Life Insurance Co. of Lansing, Mich., today launched its new corporate <a href=http://www.jackson.com>website</a>, which includes new tools for advisers and registered representatives.
Genworth Financial Inc. kicked off the new year by firing approximately 1,000 of its 7,300 employees worldwide in an attempt to cut the insurer’s spending.
The new year promises to be a tough one for the U.S. life and health insurance sectors, according to an industry report card released today by Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services.
With the announcement last week of two new division chiefs, Fidelity Investments is continuing a trend of hiring outside talent for top jobs.
The bear market and recession that began late in 2007 are perhaps barely half over, but it isn't too soon for financial planners and investment advisers to begin preparing clients for the aftermath of government efforts to halt the crisis.
