When you are the face and the force behind your business’ success, it can be tough to maintain rapid growth. If you want to avoid burnout, you have got to actively promote your underlings and associates.

Some big wirehouse brokers are fed up with Wall Street and want full independence. For those who aren’t prepared to go the RIA route on their own, there are plenty of options.

It just keeps getting worse for big named Wall Street firms. Today, William Galvin, secretary of the Commonwealth, announced that he is suing Merrill Lynch for fraudulent auction-rate securities (ARS) sales.

Just what did Merrill Lynch do today? Did it actually sell something? Or just move something off its balance sheet for now? Welcome to the world of accounting.

After a posting record $8.9 billion quarterly loss in the second quarter, Wachovia could sell its mutual fund business, securities brokerage or its Northeast and Texas branches, according to analysts. But Wachovia says the brokerage isn’t...

Could it be that a turf war is breaking out? In testimony before Congress Thursday morning, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox asked legislators to give the SEC authority to regulate investment banks.

UBS is facing the first nationwide lawsuit regarding auction-rate securities compliments of the New York Attorney General, who sued the firm for securities fraud.

The debate about government’s role in the economy just got stoked big time, what with the recent news that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wants to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with taxpayer dollars.

Wachovia, now with A.G. Edwards under its wing, unloaded a whopper of bad news yesterday, reporting a second quarter loss of $8.9 billion, or $4.20 per share; that’s nearly three times more than some analysts expected.

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