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INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 09, 2009
December job losses top 524,000; worst since 1945

OPINION JAN 09, 2009
Invalid Keogh is a tax trap

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 09, 2009
Merkin resigns from GMAC board

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 09, 2009
Suit filed against OppenheimerFunds

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 09, 2009
Rubin retires from Citi

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 09, 2009
Madoff scam hurts Mackenzie Financial

INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 09, 2009
Princeton University tightens its belt

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 09, 2009
Watchdogs unveil $50M Ponzi scheme

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 09, 2009
GOP names Garrett to key committee post

OPINION JAN 08, 2009
What investors can learn from Wall Street's failures

Here are three important portfolio survival lessons retired investors and their advisers can learn from Wall Street’s failures.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 08, 2009
Beware fragmented regulatory structure

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 08, 2009
Prosecutors: Send Madoff to jail

Arguing that Bernard L. Madoff is a “danger to the community,” prosecutors recommended that he be held in jail pending his trial.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 08, 2009
FSA hits Aon with $7.9M fine

Britain’s FSA has fined international reinsurance giant Aon 5.25 million pounds ($7.9 million) for failing to maintain effective anti-bribery systems.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 08, 2009
Obama urges passage of stimulus bill

President-elect Barack Obama asked Congress to pass his proposed $1 trillion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan quickly.

INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 08, 2009
Bank of England cuts rate to all-time low

The Bank of England cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.5% to an all-time low of 1.5%, citing an “unusually sharp and synchronized downturn” in the world economy.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 08, 2009
Planners form coalition to press reforms

The leaders of three financial planning organizations have formed a coalition to represent the industry as Congress works to reform the financial services industry.

INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 08, 2009
Jobless claims fall

First-time jobless claims for unemployment benefits have fallen for the second consecutive week, according to a Department of Labor report.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 07, 2009
Madoff suckered longtime friend

Just 10 days before his arrest, Bernard Madoff received $250 million from a financial backer in an apparent bid to prevent the collapse of his firm.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 07, 2009
Obama said to ask Bair to stay

President-elect Barack Obama intends to retain FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair in her post, Democratic Party officials told The Wall Street Journal.

INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 07, 2009
Wealthy gain confidence

Confidence among wealthy investors rebounded in December, though pessimism still lingers, according to a report from Spectrem Group.