The "Iloveyou" and "funlove" viruses might seem like the common cold compared to new computer strains. Are you ready for an attack?Hold on to your hat, say some computer experts. Viruses are likely to get more deadly over time.Anyone who has had...
If you have a tendency to forget passwords, there are a variety of programs that can save you trouble.When you forget or lose a password needed to sign on to computer systems and services, it can be embarrassing, inconvenient and even costly.And...
Training period to go five years. Financial plans still required.Starting in January, Merrill Lynch will stretch out the amount of time broker trainees spend in its Professional Development Program (PDP) to five years.Although the core of Merrill...
Three members of the Stromberg family operate an independent shop named after one of their forefathers.Traci Beighle might have been a lawyer. Scott Stromberg might have been a farmer. Instead, brother and sister both stepped in when their father...
New digital recorders can change the way you do business.If you've had any contact with teenagers who like music, you've probably heard of MP3 players.MP3 is a format that compresses music and voice into a digital recording. MP3 files are...
Fee businesses have more assets, higher expenses and bigger valuations.A major study of independent financial advisory firms shows that profitability varies widely. The survey found, surprisingly, that adding producers doesn't always result in...
He is on TV almost every day but don't call him a star, a newscaster or even a journalist. Randy Cost is a broker who just happens to report financial news for WWBT Channel 12, the NBC affiliate in Richmond, Va.The senior vice president at Morgan...
SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt has the support of two of the five major accounting firms, namely Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Those firms agree with the commission's proposal to modernize reporting requirements regarding the independence...
What broker wouldn't love being on the cover of Barron's? Well, Joseph Koralik of A.G. Edwards can say he's been there, done that. Only thing is, though, he wasn't a broker yet.A former professional model, Koralik had his likeness reproduced by an...
Father-daughter team develops relationships with community service-minded people then turns them into clients.For almost 24 years, Jim Eckert watched the investment industry develop from the inside. He was an assistant controller and accountant at...
