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OPINION OCT 09, 2000
TAX WATCH: Three choices for treating commissions

By Mark Battersby
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 09, 2000
PRODUCT WATCH: Ameritrade offers trading, account management tool

By Investment News Team
OPINION OCT 02, 2000
TAX WATCH: Annuity owners can offset now, pay later

By Mark Battersby
Taxing developments
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 20, 2000
Taxing developments

Three of the country's top organizations for tax professionals are urging Congress to repeal the alternative minimum tax, streamline capital gains taxes and worker classification rules and get rid of phaseouts.

By Mark E. Battersby
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 20, 2000
Europe's booming M&A market fueled by American know-how

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 20, 2000
Bonds quietly did quite well in '99

By Susan Barreto
PriceWaterhouse seals Van Kampen site with a kiss
OPINION MAR 20, 2000
PriceWaterhouse seals Van Kampen site with a kiss

Van Kampen Funds Inc. became the first mutual fund company to have its website awarded the PricewaterhouseCoopers BetterWeb seal of approval, while several others are in the process of getting their own BetterWeb seals.

By Dave Kovaleski
Egos on parade as Wall Street ponders future
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 06, 2000
Egos on parade as Wall Street ponders future

Federal regulators have begun one of the most sweeping debates on the stock market since the New York Stock Exchange opened in 1817.

By Jeff Nash
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 06, 2000
Stable value, junk bond managers rise to the top

By Christine Williamson
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 06, 2000
Fidelity's online brokerage cannibalizing its fund biz

Research firm concludes Fidelity lost $2 billion of mutual fund assets to its brokerage business in the first seven months of 1999

By Frederick P. Gabriel Jr.
Hedge trimming buoys the goldbugs
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 28, 2000
Hedge trimming buoys the goldbugs

After nearly 20 years of watching laggard performance, precious metals investors are finally getting bullish.

By Peter Galli
Banks better than most in fund sales
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 14, 2000
Banks better than most in fund sales

Mutual fund sales slipped last year, but the banking industry, a relative beginner in the business, did only half as badly, a consultant's report shows.

By James B. Arndorfer
It isn't eurotrash yet, but EU's currency is in the dumps
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2000
It isn't eurotrash yet, but EU's currency is in the dumps

Prospects for any sustained rise in the euro appear bleak for the foreseeable future, currency traders say.

By Peter Galli
Evensky tap dances on options as planner industry shifts
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2000
Evensky tap dances on options as planner industry shifts

Harold Evensky, one of the highest profile financial planners in the country, hopes to chart a new course for his firm in the next 30 to 60 days.

By James B. Arndorfer
Most ECNs seem to be hedges waiting to be clipped
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2000
Most ECNs seem to be hedges waiting to be clipped

In the past two years, Wall Street's leading firms have invested tens of millions of dollars in electronic communications networks - those new electronic stock markets that some believe pose a real threat to the Nasdaq Stock Market and the New York Stock Exchange.

By Jon Birger
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2000
Retirees throw up roadblock to US West-Qwest deal

By Arleen Jacobius
Pru rocked as high-tech acquisition's pros take a hike
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2000
Pru rocked as high-tech acquisition's pros take a hike

Prudential Securities Inc.'s acquisition of a West Coast investment banking boutique had all the makings of a perfect marriage.

By Jon Birger
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2000
Munder gets new boss, keeps old owner

By Matt Roush
Irate Amex members pose threat to Nasdaq's spinoff
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2000
Irate Amex members pose threat to Nasdaq's spinoff

Members of the American Stock Exchange are considering a lawsuit that could derail the National Association of Securities Dealers' plan to spin off the Nasdaq Stock Market.

By Jon Birger
Safe harbor made easier for pension plans
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2000
Safe harbor made easier for pension plans

The Internal Revenue Service is removing a major administrative hassle and expense for employers who want to offer generous 401(k) plans that are exempt from non-discrimination tests.

By Jerry Geisel