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If Your Broker Isn't a True and Honest Partner in Planning ... It's ... - PR Newswire
Wells Fargo, Which Acquired Troubled Bank Wachovia, Fires Exec Over ... - PR Newswire
Top 10 job search tips for college grads - Boston Globe
Philip Rowley Returns to Expert Advisory Firm LECG to Lead Strategy ... - Market Wire
Telcordia Highlights Importance of Mobile Identity for Service ... - Market Wire

If Your Broker Isn't a True and Honest Partner in Planning ... It's ... - PR Newswire

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:08 AM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Amidst Bernie Madoff, bank bailouts and ponzi schemes, investors' confidence is at an all time low. So now, more than ever, people need honest and sound financial advice. Fire Your Broker by Kelly Campbell, (www.fireyourbroker.com) provides a practical guide for people who want to be educated about their financial future.

The book highlights the red flags investors should look for to determine if they need to fire their broker, and provides key insights into hiring the right financial advisor.

"Financial planning is not about numbers, it's about life dreams. It's not about a return on investment, it's about accomplishing goals," says Campbell. "Fire Your Broker teaches you what to expect from a financial advisor and how to find a competent, ethical broker."

Campbell says financial advisors should have an intimate idea of their clients' future plans. The relationship between investors and their broker should be personal, and he advises finding a trustworthy financial advisor above all else.

"This is the person who, in many ways, holds the keys to your future. Finding a broker you can trust is invaluable," says Campbell. "After reading Fire Your Broker, you will have the tools you need to determine if your broker is a good, honest financial advisor or if they need to be fired."

Fire Your Broker details questions brokers should be asking potential clients and questions clients should be asking their financial advisors. Campbell gives insight into ways to evaluate a current broker, determine a potential broker's qualifications, avoid the Bernie Madoff's of the world, and achieve a balance in life and in investment.

About Kelly Campbell

Kelly Campbell, a Certified Financial Planner(R), combines his personal passion for seeing clients live out their dreams with nearly two decades of experience as a Financial Planner. Kelly is a well known and highly regarded expert who provides comprehensive individual financial planning, retirement planning, cash flow analysis, asset allocation, money manager strategies, tax review, estate planning and more in his day job running a successful financial management company for more than 18 years.

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Wells Fargo, Which Acquired Troubled Bank Wachovia, Fires Exec Over ... - PR Newswire

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:08 AM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Faced with blog calls for a consumer boycott of the bank, Wells Fargo has attempted to prevent a public relations disaster by firing vice president Cheronda Guyton following reports that she used a luxurious beachfront Malibu home owned by the bank for "eye-catching" private parties.

The scandal is especially embarrassing given Wells Fargo's acceptance of federal bailout money. By acting swiftly the bank is trying to present the fired executive's conduct as the isolated action of an individual and cut the story off quickly.

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Top 10 job search tips for college grads - Boston Globe

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:01 AM PDT

The vast majority of jobs are being filled via word-of-mouth and employee referral, which means networking should be your biggest priority. Make certain those you know are well-informed about what you seek and your qualifications. By "those you know" we mean anyone and everyone: friends, friends' parents, parents' friends, neighbors, relatives, former classmates, teammates, co-workers, teachers, coaches, and bosses.

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Philip Rowley Returns to Expert Advisory Firm LECG to Lead Strategy ... - Market Wire

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:08 AM PDT

SOURCE: LECG

Rowley, a Leading Litigation Expert, Looks to Expand LECG's Service Lines and Align the Firm's Top-Tier Talent to Client Needs

EMERYVILLE, CA--(Marketwire - September 15, 2009) - Global expert advisory firm LECG ( NASDAQ : XPRT) has named veteran litigation consultant Philip Y. Rowley as head of business development and market strategy.

Mr. Rowley, 45, returns to LECG after serving as president of Resolution Economics, an economic advisory firm focused on labor and workplace litigation consulting. Mr. Rowley had previously been with LECG for six years as a senior managing director and a member of the executive management team.

Mr. Rowley rejoins LECG as the firm continues to expand its core group of staff experts while developing a growing network of affiliated professionals whose experience and knowledge base spans multiple industries and disciplines. LECG professionals boast expert credentials across some 30 separate fields in business, banking and finance, economics, accounting, and social sciences.

"This is actually an ideal time for LECG to showcase its talent and the value we bring to corporate, legal, and institutional clients," Mr. Rowley noted. "In the current business climate, clients face a recessionary economy, an increasingly complex and confusing regulatory landscape, and tremendous marketplace constraints. Whether our assignment is to offer advice on commercial disputes, navigate thorny policy and regulatory changes or, importantly, to help improve business operations against economic headwinds, our clients need a trusted advisor and access to top talent."

Garrett Bouton, chairman of LECG's board of directors, welcomed Mr. Rowley's return to lead business development initiatives. "Phil brings tremendous peripheral vision to our business -- he's a proven expert in high-stakes litigation and has worked in virtually every major practice area," Mr. Bouton said. "With his strong institutional knowledge and prior experience with us, Phil is instantly plugged in and ready to direct LECG's business strategy as we move forward. We also know he'll continue to handle his own prominent case work as well."

One of Mr. Rowley's priorities is to make clients better aware of LECG's extraordinary talent pool, especially in key areas of trade, finance, global competition, and economics. The firm's roster of senior professionals includes a former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the former chief economist with the Federal Trade Commission, the former chair of California's Banking Commission, among numerous other top policy makers. The firm also boasts high-level ties to the business and the academic communities.

"One of our real strengths -- and frankly, something that makes LECG stand apart from other advisors -- is our streamlined approach in creating the right team of experts for the job," Mr. Rowley explained. "We have the proven experience of bringing in the very best experts for the engagement at hand. And, we're dedicated to applying resources and making the investments to build the next generation of leading litigation consultants."

Mr. Rowley had previously been with Peterson Consulting and Navigant, providing damage and valuation analysis in numerous litigation matters. He spent 16 years with Peterson Consulting, where he held various leadership roles, including managing director and vice president. At Navigant, he served as head of both the insurance and intellectual property practices, which focused primarily on commercial disputes and damages analyses. Mr. Rowley's responsibilities during his career have also included oversight, on both national and regional levels, of operations, marketing, practice area development, and business development.

About LECG

LECG, a global expert services and consulting firm, with approximately 700 experts and professionals in 31 offices around the world, provides independent expert testimony, financial advisory services, original authoritative studies, and strategic advisory services to clients including Fortune Global 500 corporations, major law firms, and local, state, and federal governments and agencies worldwide. LECG's highly credentialed experts and professional staff conduct economic and financial analyses to provide objective opinions and advice regarding complex disputes and inform legislative, judicial, regulatory, and business decision makers. LECG's experts are renowned academics, former senior government officials, experienced industry leaders, and seasoned consultants. ( NASDAQ : XPRT). For more, visit www.lecg.com.

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Telcordia Highlights Importance of Mobile Identity for Service ... - Market Wire

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 07:08 AM PDT

SOURCE: Telcordia

Multiple Speaking Engagements Across Globe Indicate Trend for Authoritative Subscriber Information Exchange Between Mobile Operators and Content Providers

Telcordia

Interconnection Solutions

PISCATAWAY, NJ--(Marketwire - September 15, 2009) - Spotting a growing trend for mobile operators and content providers, Telcordia, a global leader in the development of IP, wireline, and mobile telecommunications software and services, has articulated the benefits of using the mobile phone number as the first building block in creating a complete subscriber profile, or "mobile identity." Through the exchange of comprehensive subscriber information in this mobile identity, operators and content providers can intelligently deliver more personalized, optimized content and services, such as location-based services (LBS), social media, advertising/couponing, mobile banking and much more.

With billions of dollars lost or gained on the proper delivery of services, industry awareness of the need for accurate data such as number portability corrected routing data and subscriber intelligence information has grown significantly in the last 12-18 months. Evidence of this is a confluence of speaking engagements this month for executives of Telcordia's Interconnection Solutions group, which offers comprehensive subscriber-based information and data exchange interconnection service that is essential for guaranteed service delivery.

"In the next five years, mobile identity will be borne as a result of plentiful bandwidth, increased processing power, developer energy and maturing identity standards," said Josh Holbrook, director, Yankee Group. "The opportunity exists for a vibrant third-party developer ecosystem to be developed that will capitalize on the coming mobile internet wave and the 360 billion events that will be initiated annually."

Tom Kershaw, senior vice president and general manager, Interconnections Solutions, Telcordia, will present "Future-proofing Number Portability Solutions for Next Generation Networks and Convergence" on September 22, 2009 at IIR Number Portability 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. Kershaw will discuss the regulatory and operational challenges faced when implementing number portability in an all-IP network, and evaluate the role and importance of ENUM in telephone number mapping as well as the challenges of porting geographic to non-geographic numbers.

Sridhar Ramachandran, vice president and chief technologist, Interconnection Solutions, Telcordia, will present "Service Agnostic Mobile Interconnection for Service Providers" at the 3rd Annual IP and Telecoms Interconnection Strategies 2009 in Berlin, Germany, on September 21-23, 2009. Ramachandran will examine commercial and regulatory developments, and how to establish effective migration strategies to an all-IP interconnection environment.

Joel Fisher, vice president of marketing, Interconnection Solutions, Telcordia, will discuss "What's In a Number? The Future of Dialing and Identifiers in the Mobile Universe" at VON Expo and Conference on September 21, 2009. There, Fisher will discuss how CSPs can extrapolate countless data points by outlining its customers' usage patterns, type of mobile devices they use, location-based information, peak periods of use, frequently used services (e.g. voice, SMS, VoIP, etc.) and more. He will also discuss how all critical information and intelligence will ultimately be associated with an individual mobile phone number.

"Telcordia Interconnection Solutions offers the three essential components that are required to deliver timely, relevant and integrated services: information, intelligence and interconnection," Fisher said. "Our experience in helping operators and content providers accurately deliver personalized services and content will be showcased in each of these speaking engagements. We will highlight how speedier service adoption depends on timeliness, relevancy and integration of new services into a subscriber's lifestyle, and how those 'triggers' can be derived from a complete mobile identity."

For more information about Telcordia, visit www.telcordia.com. For more information about Telcordia Interconnection Solutions, visit http://www.telcordia.com/services/interconnection/interconnection.html.

About Telcordia

Telcordia, a global leader in the development of fixed, mobile and broadband communications software and services, enables Communications Service Providers (CSPs), enterprises, suppliers and government entities to successfully deploy innovative and advanced services that help our clients realize operational efficiencies, drive revenue, and maintain a competitive edge in the new era of services-dominated communications. Telcordia has globally trusted expertise in software and services to meet the needs of customers and partners, including, consulting, next-generation OSS, network and application interconnection, service delivery and charging solutions, industry research and new technology development. Telcordia is headquartered in Piscataway, N.J., with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Central and Latin America. (www.telcordia.com)

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