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Archives for December, 2009

President Obama should direct Secretary of Defense Bill Gates to split the Air Force’s $35 billion aerial refueling tanker contract between Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.

In joining Pimco, Neel Kashkari, the former Treasury bailout chief, settled on a financial company that didn’t need a government rescue but may be strengthening its federal ties.

Hoping to start off the New Year thinner, healthier, more positive and out of debt?

67 WALL STREET, New York – December 31, 2009 – The Wall Street Transcript has just published its GARP And Other Investing Strategies Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 59 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is …

TORONTO, ONTARIO– – Macquarie Group today announced that it had completed its acquisition of Blackmont Capital from CI Financial. Effective January 1, 2010, the Blackmont business and its employees will be integrated into Macquarie’s global retail advice and distribution activities

“Hang up.” That’s the best advice Cathy Jager of the Nevada Police Department said she could offer any resident who believes they are being fraudulently contacted in an attempt to collect financial information.

Vera Gibbons Tries to Steer You in Right Direction with 2010 About to Start by Answering Viewer Questions on Common Concerns

Speaking as someone who lost my mom to cancer when I was just out of college, my advice is to go easy on loved ones and yourself. I found that – living hundreds of miles away during my mom’s illness – it was just “hard to be.” Hard to be away, hard to be home, hard to be taking care of the family, hard to be at work, hard to be with friends, hard to maintain any sort of balance. So don’t try …

Consumers must sock away more cash to cover themselves for emergencies, credit counselors say If there were only one tip credit-counseling experts could give you in 2010, it would be this: Save your pennies — and dimes and dollars too.

A rising swarm of cyber-robberies targeting small firms, local governments, school districts, churches and non-profits has prompted an extraordinary warning. The American Bankers Association and the FBI are advising small and midsize businesses that conduct financial transactions over the Internet to dedicate a separate PC used exclusively for online banking.