FINRA Orders Ferris, Baker Watts to Pay Nearly $700,000 for Inappropriate Sales of Reverse Convertible Notes
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority today announced that it has fined the former Ferris, Baker Watts LLC, acquired by RBC Wealth Management, $500,000 for inadequate supervision of sales of reverse convertible notes to retail customers as well as unsuitable sales of reverse convertibles to 57 accounts held by elderly customers who were at least 85 years old and customers with a modest net …

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NewsWatch: U.S. stock investors face earnings onslaught
If the stock market manages to extend its October climb next week during the crush of the third-quarter earnings season, it will likely have to do so without the financial sector.

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Campaign rhetoric muddies Social Security reform
For 75 years, seniors have loved their Social Security benefits and for almost that long, politicians have loved to warn them that the other party would take those benefits away. This election year is hardly an exception.

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E-crime Now More Common Than Real Crime
If there was any doubt about the popularity of electronic dupery, it should be put to rest with a report on global fraud released the week by the risk management consulting firm Kroll. For the first time since 2007, when the company began putting together its annual survey on crime, electronic fraud surpassed physical scams as the most common form of fraud in the world.

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Netflix suffers big outage as stock hits new peak
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – While Netflix shareholders celebrated Thursday, the video subscription service’s customers griped about a website outage that prevented them from streaming movies and TV shows over the Internet.

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Morgan Stanley posts third-quarter loss
Morgan Stanley became the latest investment bank to report weaker results on Wednesday from a trading slowdown during the summer.

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Green picks for blue (chip) investors
Choice of stable, less risky stocks and ‘project’ companies available for those looking to fill their portfolio with renewable energy companies

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Tips for making the most of Social Security savings
Old age is filled with indignities – thinning hair, achy joints, sales clerks who mumble – and now there’s this: no increase in retirement benefits for the second year in a row.

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BUSINESS WIRE: TomTom Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results
MITTEILUNG UEBERMITTELT VON BUSINESS WIRE. FUER DEN INHALT IST ALLEIN DAS BERICHTENDE UNTERNEHMEN VERANTWORTLICH.

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Sparx Plans Asian Hedge Fund of ‘Winners’ From Region’s Growth
Sparx Group Co., Asia’s second- biggest hedge-fund manager, plans to start a long-short fund to invest in shares of the region’s companies that stand to benefit the most from the world’s fastest-growing economies.

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