Beginner Investing News

Value Investing Congress Presents the World’s Most Successful Value Investors
Disciples of Graham, Buffett share pragmatic investment strategies next month in New York. [PRWEB Oct 20, 2005]

Compensating Your First Investors 
TheStreet.com - Oct 19 6:02 AM
Our start-up financing expert offers tips on providing incentives for your first investors.Save to My Web

Harrison eyes Singaporean investors for local property 
Bangkok Post - Oct 19 12:33 PM
Property brokerage firm Harrison Plc plans to increase its marketing activity towards Singaporean investors next year as interest from local investors is waning.Save to My Web

Restoring a Townsite landmark to its former glory is the goal of a group of local and out-of-town investors. 
Powell River Peak - Oct 19 4:26 PM
One of those investors is Joan Campbell, a Townsite resident who has often looked at the Rodmay Hotel and seen, not its current state, but how it looked in the past and can look again in the future.Save to My Web

Weida Communications Announces Briefing Call for Investors and
PrimeZone (press release), CA - 3 hours ago a US company providing satellite communications services throughout China, today announced that it will hold a conference call for investors and shareholders

They're betting on a full house
Press-Enterprise (subscription), CA - 14 hours ago She's among a growing number of fledgling real-estate investors around the country using equity earned in overheated housing markets to stake their claims to

“Wealth Odyssey” Author Helps Gauge the Financial Planning Impact of Market Declines
For those who have lost money in the markets, have stock market concerns or market fears and want to know how loss really affects retirement, wealth mentor Larry R. Frank’s “Wealth Odyssey” model helps put things in perspective. [PRWEB Oct 18, 2005]

Rockwell Trading, Inc. Becomes Strategy Runner s Leading Partner Futures Trading Systems Provider Earns Top Distinction with Online Trading Platform
Just six months after partnering with automated, hands-free trading system solution provider Strategy Runner, Rockwell Trading, Inc. has become the company s largest trading system vendor. [PRWEB Oct 17, 2005]

EARLY STAGE VENTURE INVESTING 2005 (6th ANNUAL)
American Venture Magazine (press release), CA - Oct 11, 2005 Early stage investing is undergoing a major transformation. As VC dollars continue to flow in search of explosive growth, the maturation

Little Orphan Annie Investing
Motley Fool - Oct 4, 2005 By Rich Smith. If there's one thing Wall Street talking heads love, it's a platitude. But here's a saying the pinstripe and wingtip

Free Utah Real Estate Investing Workshop Shows Investors Why Utah
Emediawire (press release), WA - Oct 11, 2005 Real Estate Fortune, llc. is bringing its highly successful On-Day Investment Workshop to Sandy Utah October 15th. Because of the

Investing in an aging bull market
US News - By Paul J. Lim It’s not terribly surprising that investors are putting less money into stock mutual funds this year than last-around 30 percent less.

Get Your Kids Investing
Motley Fool - It might be too late to get your kids into that prestigious kindergarten, but you can still give them a great edge in life by introducing them to investing when they’re young. ( Hey, even if they’re 26 and 28, it’s not too late!)

VIVUS to Present at BIO Investor Forum 2005 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 14 5:17 AM
VIVUS, Inc. today announced that Timothy E. Morris, Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at the BIO Investor Forum 2005. The presentation is scheduled to occur on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 11:20 am PDT at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco in the Sea Cliff Room.Save to My Web

Portus receiver looks for $4.5 million US diamond bought with investor money 
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Oct 14 11:15 AM
TORONTO (CP) - A court-appointed receiver trying to track down money invested with Portus Alternative Asset Management Inc. is searching for a 22-carat diamond worth $4.5 million US and other gems bought on behalf of company co-founder Boaz Manor this summer.Save to My Web

Apple drops joint investment plan in Samsung - paper
Yahoo! - Apple drops joint investment plan in Samsung - paper SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Computers Inc has dropped a joint $3.8 billion investment plan in flash chip production of Samsung

Cazenove loses two more clients
MSNBC - JPMorgan Cazenove on Friday lost two more of its bluechip clients as Marks & Spencer and BAA dropped the stockbroker in favour of other large investment banks. a merger with the UK investment banking arm of JPMorgan Chase, the

ProDril investors play waiting game - By Carole Cloudwalker 
Cody Enterprise - Oct 13 3:16 PM
Some ProDril investors can easily afford to lose the money they invested in the defunct Cody firm. But for others, reaching for the brass ring of an investment in oil field technology was a real financial risk. They took it because they believed in the patented drilling method.Save to My Web

Investors still favoring international-stock funds 
CBS Market Watch - Oct 13 1:38 PM
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Purchases of foreign-stock funds continued to outpace buying of domestic-equity funds in the latest week, according to a report released Thursday.Save to My Web

Scott+Scott, LLC Updates Shareholder Lawsuit Against Boston Scientific Corporation; Law Firm Drafted Initial Complaint
Another BSX Product Recalled; Patent Infringement Action Is Brewing [PRWEB Oct 7, 2005]

Free Enterprise Action Fund Calls on Calvert Investments and KLD Research to Withdraw From SRI Conference Featuring Speaker Who Advocated Violence Against Fund Managers
Free Enterprise Action Fund urges “socially responsible” investment industry to disavow violent hate speech [PRWEB Oct 10, 2005]

AUTO INDUSTRY REPORT: Chrysler recalls pickups
The Detroit Free Press - Chrysler advised owners to always remove the key and ensure that the vehicle is in park. The recall was disclosed Oct. 7 in an e-mailed statement. available cash to run the company and they had no backup plans,’ investor attorney Kenneth Vianale said in an interview

Nasdaq off on weak semiconductors, Dow up
Reuters - authorities said they would not oppose a plan by billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian to increase his stake in GM

Investing Costs Matter
MaineToday.com, ME - Oct 5, 2005 stocks. Today's investing pitfall doesn't appear on the surface to be a big problem, but it can significantly erode wealth over time.

Group Claims Investing Abroad Helps US Interests
Kansas City infoZine, MO - Oct 10, 2005 They support the idea that investing abroad helps to increase US national security, improves the US economy and strengthens democracies and humanitarian values

The dawn of derivatives
Bangkok Post, Thailand - 13 hours ago market, the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX), will be another alternative for institutions and for sophisticated, high net-worth investors with high risk

Weinsteins raise millions
Scoopt.org, Italy - 4 hours ago Weinstein Co. sold shares to 18 investors, according to a regulatory filing this week. The Weinsteins are in negotiations with other

Don't lose interest in investment plan
Seattle Times, United States - 19 hours ago The market has been choppy since the first part of the year, mostly going sideways, which makes individual investors reluctant to commit new money.

Private equity raiders get cold shoulder from cable investors
Independent, UK - 11 hours ago The investors said a deal by private equity groups would be riskier, as it would involve raising debt against the companies' future earnings.

Wasatch International Growth Fund Closing to New Investors
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Oct 7, 2005 7 /PRNewswire/ — Wasatch Funds, Inc. today announced that the Wasatch International Growth Fund (WAIGX) will close to new investors on October 12, 2005.

Global Payments to Host Investor Conference at the New York Stock Exchange on October 11, 2005 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 05 1:37 PM
Global Payments Inc. will host an investor and analyst conference on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 in the Board Room at the New York Stock Exchange.Save to My Web

Isolagen Retains the Trout Group for Investor Relations 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 06 4:30 AM
Isolagen, Inc. announced today the engagement of the Trout Group to provide institutional investor relations services to the Company.Save to My Web

Supply Insight Inc. Announces Private Label Edition of their RFID Software rPlatform™ 2.0
Supply Insight Inc, the Connecticut based RFID software and solutions company, today announces the availability of the OEM version of their RFID software, rPlatform OEM v.2.0. It enables reader, network device, middleware and EAI companies to easily brand the solution and become EPCglobal compliant. [PRWEB Oct 6, 2005]

Global investment group appoints CFO 
Accountancy Age - Oct 05 4:55 AM
Global investment group AMVESCAP has appointed Loren Starr as its new chief financial officer, after James Robertson stepped down from the role. Starr has held previous senior financial roles within the corporate finance and investment communities.Save to My Web

Viisage Sells $100 Million Stake to L-1 
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 29 minutes ago
Viisage Technology Inc., a maker of identification devices, on Wednesday said L-1 Investment Partners has agreed to buy a $100 million stake in the company. Viisage also warned of a revenue shortfall in the third quarter and for the year.Save to My Web

deVere & Partners Acquires InterAlliance International Group from Millfield Plc
deVere & Partners acquire the Second largest Brokerage in the Offshore Market. [PRWEB Oct 1, 2005]

U.S. stocks futures slightly higher as oil falls
Reuters - bit of a boost today,’ said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer at Solaris Asset Management in Bedford Hills, New

BA says performance target elusive, flags investment
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NRG Boosts Its Juice 
Motley Fool via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 03 8:40 AM
Acquiring Texas Genco should make NRG a more efficient and effective operator.

TIAA-CREF Trust in America Survey Shows a Significant Drop in Investor Trust Index 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 03 6:08 AM
TIAA-CREF, the financial services organization and leading provider of retirement security in the academic, medical and cultural fields, today released the results of its second annual TIAA-CREF Trust in America Survey, which shows a significant drop in investor trust over the last 12 months and that investors have become more cautious as a result.