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- AIG SunAmerica Benefit First to Combine Upside Potential of Equity Markets with Guaranteed Rising Retirement Income Even When Investors Take Withdrawals
- MarketLock Income Plus Option in Select Variable Annuities Locks in Market Gains or Annual Income Credit for up to 15 Years LOS ANGELES -- AIG SunAmerica Retirement Markets, Inc. today announced an industry first with the introduction of MarketLock Income Plus - an optional withdrawal benefit in select AIG...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- SECURITIES REGULATION IN LOW-TIER LISTING VENUES: THE RISE OF THE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MARKET
- I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, participants in the world's capital markets witnessed a shift in the tide of international listings. As the U.S. financial market rapidly loses its standing as the center of the global economy, other countries eagerly rise to challenge its dominance. In the aftermath of the Enron...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- CNH Full Year 2006 Net Income up 79 Percent From 2005
- CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH) today reported fourth quarter 2006 net income of $35 million, up compared to net income of $7 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. Results include restructuring charges, net of tax, of $58 million in the fourth quarter of 2006, and $36 million in...
- Research articles 2007-01-24
- WellChoice, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results
- NEW YORK -- WellChoice, Inc. (NYSE: WC): --Third quarter 2005 net income of $75.7 million, or $0.89 per diluted share --Commercial managed care membership, excluding NYC and NYS PPO, increased by 118,000, or 4.6%, over the third quarter 2004 and 99,000, or 3.9%, since year-end 2004 --Full-year...
- Research articles 2005-10-26
- JPMorgan Chase Reports 2005 First-Quarter Net Income of $2.3 Billion after Litigation Charge of $558 Million and Merger Charge of $90 Million
- NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. --REPORTED EARNINGS of $0.63 per share and OPERATING EARNINGS of $0.81 per share(1) --INVESTMENT BANK trading revenues rebound to $2.2 billion --RETAIL, CARD, TSS and AWM show revenue and earnings growth --Significant items include (after-tax): --$505 million gain...
- Research articles 2005-04-20
- Allstate Reports 22% Increase in 2005 First Quarter Net Income EPS, 16% Increase in First Quarter Operating Income EPS and Record Property-Liability Underwriting Profitability
- NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) today reported for the first quarter of 2005:Consolidated Highlights(1) ...
- Research articles 2005-04-20
- Split-dollar life insurance
- A plan that will bear fruit In January 2002, the IRS published Notice 2002-8 (which replaced Notice 2001-10) to clarify the taxation of equity split-dollar arrangements and to outline the conditions for providing a safe harbor for life insurance plans that were established on or before January 28,...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- ECM will see delay in benefits of US tax cuts.
- Byline: Jeremy Adams in New York The Securities Industry Association SIA, a trade body representing US securities firms, has warned that equity capital markets are unlikely to reap any benefits for months from the elimination of dividend tax.The abolition of tax on share dividends...
- Research articles 2003-01-12
- Firms set to push tax benefits.
- Nov 19, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) A recent High Court decision could increase the attractiveness of protected equity loans to Australian investors. The court decided it was not appropriate for the Australian Taxation Office to limit tax deductions on...
- Research articles 2002-11-20
- Experts eye split dollar proposed regs. (Regulation).(Brief Article)
- The good news is that the new proposed regulations on split dollar life insurance arrangements only address prospective plans, according to Albert J. 'Bud' Schiff, president of the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting, so it looks like existing plans will follow the rules stated in Notice...
- Research articles 2002-07-22
- Holding On to Life.(life insurance industry market overview and forecast)(Statistical Data Included)
- Lower lapse ratios show that policyholders are keeping their life insurance policies longer. The equity market downturn is having a positive effect on some aspects of the life insurance industry, as lapse ratios improved more than a half percentage point and average policy sizes...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Main Street Bancorp, Inc. Announces 22% Increase in Third Quarter Operating Income
- Business Editors READING, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 23, 2001 Main Street Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:MBNK) announced today operating income, which excludes realized securities losses, special charges and other one-time charges, net of taxes, was $2.8 million, or $0.26 per share, for the third quarter of 2001, compared to $2.3 million, or...
- Research articles 2001-10-23
- The New Future For Split-Dollar Plans.(Brief Article)
- Split dollar has long been a popular financial planning technique to fund cash value life insurance policies, especially when those policies are used for business purposes. For the past several years, however, a great deal of uncertainty has hung over the tax treatment of split-dollar plans...
- Research articles 2001-05-07
- Saving Split Dollar Before It's Killed.(Brief Article)
- In 1964, the Internal Revenue Service invented modern split dollar. Prior to that time, split dollar provided an employee with tax-free death protection. Since then a split-dollar death benefit has meant taxable imputed income for the plan participant and revenue for the government. ...
- Research articles 2001-04-02
- CNH Reports Second Quarter Results
- Business Editors RACINE, Wis.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 25, 2000 CNH Global (N:CNH): -- Second quarter operating earnings were $144 million, versus $206 million for the second quarter of 1999, on a pro forma basis. -- Net loss, before goodwill and restructuring, of $12 million,...
- Research articles 2000-07-25
- Analysts Upgrade Damark Stock for Second Time in 3 Weeks
- MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 16, 1999-- DAMARK International, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMRK) today announced that the Equity Research Department of Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated upgraded its short-term investment rating on DAMARK's equity to "Market Out-Perform" from "Market Perform". The upgrade was based in part on an August 11 visit to the...
- Research articles 1999-08-16
- Securities disclosure in a globalizing market: who should regulate whom.
- Greater and greater numbers of transnational transactions in corporate equities reflect the growing globalization of the world economy. The questions of which countries should have the authority to regulate these transactions and what constitutes nationality in these transactions are evolving issues. Ideal apportionment of regulatory authority so as to produce...
- Research articles 1997-08-01
- An analysis of securitization in the insurance industry
- Introduction Securitization is a process by which claims to cash flows from illiquid assets, such as car loans, mortgages, receivables, and leases, are transformed into traceable securities. The technology was introduced by Bank of America in 1977 and has been popularized through the issuance of mortgage-backed securities, which...
- Research articles 1995-06-01
- [T] Profiles of the Top 200 Pension Funds.(The P&I 1,000)
- Target Corp. ($ millions) Total assets 3,945 Defined benefit 966 Defined contribution 2,979 DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: Employer DB contributions 150 Benefit payments 47 Asset mix: ...
- Research articles 2003-01-20
- Debt restructuring alternatives for the financially troubled corporation: possible risks and benefits
- Many companies currently find themselves in serious financial trouble because of the so-called "rolling recession" that has plagued the United States for most of the 1980s and the broader recession that has existed for the last few years. It is not uncommon for companies to be burdened with large amounts...
- Research articles 1992-05-01
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