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Benefit
something that improves the profitability or efficiency of an organization or reduces its risk, or any nonmonetary reward given to employees, for example, paid vacations or employer contributions to pensions
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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...
Tags: American International Group Inc., annuity, benefit, equity, FINANCE, Harris Interactive, income, investor, withdrawal
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...
Tags: admission, benefit, equity, FINANCE, financial, Investment, investor, IPO, liquidity, London Stock Exchange Plc., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., regulation, stock, U.S.
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...
Tags: asset, benefit, Company, Construction, equity, Fiat, FINANCE, financial, income, SALES, Taxes
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...
Tags: benefit, equity, Exhibit, FINANCE, income, Readers, SEC, WellChoice Inc., WellPoint Inc.
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...
Tags: asset, Bank One Corp., benefit, Earnings, earnings, equity, FINANCE, income, Investment, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., litigation, merger, Retail, revenue, Treasury
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) ...
Tags: Allstate Corp., amortization, annuity, Auto, benefit, Companies, equity, FINANCE, financial, income, insurance, Investment
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,...
Tags: benefit, equity, FINANCE, income, Internal Revenue Service, Taxes
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...
Tags: benefit, dividend, equity, FINANCE, Investment, Securities Industry Association, Taxes
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...
Tags: Australian Taxation Office, benefit, equity, FINANCE, Investment, investor, Taxes, UBS Warburg
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...
Tags: benefit, equity, Government, Internal Revenue Service, Regulations, tax
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...
Tags: Allstate Corp., benefit, Company, equity, FINANCE, indemnity, Insurance, Investment, John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Pacific Life Insurance Co., stock, Transamerica Corp.
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...
Tags: asset, bank, benefit, Company, equity, FINANCE, income, merger, reversal, SEC, security, Sovereign Bancorp Inc., Taxes
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...
Tags: benefit, equity, FINANCE, Insurance, Internal Revenue Service, INTERNET, Investment, IRC, tax
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. ...
Tags: benefit, equity, FINANCE, income, Internal Revenue Service, Investment, Taxes
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 $12 million,...
Tags: affiliate, asset, benefit, Company, earnings, equity, Fiat, FINANCE, financial, goodwill, income, merger, SALES, tax
Research articles 2000-07-25
Analysts Upgrade Damark Stock for Second Time in 3 Weeks
MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 16, 1999-- DAMARK International, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMRK) today announced that the Equity Research Department of Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated upgraded its short-term investment rating on DAMARK's equity to "Market Out-Perform" from "Market Perform". The upgrade was based in part on an August 11 visit to the...
Tags: benefit, Business Wire, Company, equity, FINANCE, Investment, Minneapolis
Research articles 1999-08-16
Securities disclosure in a globalizing market: who should regulate whom.
Greater and greater numbers of transnational transactions in corporate equities reflect the growing globalization of the world economy. The questions of which countries should have the authority to regulate these transactions and what constitutes nationality in these transactions are evolving issues. Ideal apportionment of regulatory authority so as to produce...
Tags: allocation, analysis, benefit, entrepreneur, equity, incentive, investor, outsider, regulation, Richard, Robert, SEC, security, shareholder, Simon, stock, theory, U.S., welfare
Research articles 1997-08-01
An analysis of securitization in the insurance industry
Introduction Securitization is a process by which claims to cash flows from illiquid assets, such as car loans, mortgages, receivables, and leases, are transformed into traceable securities. The technology was introduced by Bank of America in 1977 and has been popularized through the issuance of mortgage-backed securities, which...
Tags: analysis, asset, benefit, bond, equity, FINANCE, Insurance, Prudential Insurance Company of America, securitization, Taxes
Research articles 1995-06-01
[T] Profiles of the Top 200 Pension Funds.(The P&I 1,000)
Target Corp. ($ millions) Total assets 3,945 Defined benefit 966 Defined contribution 2,979 DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: Employer DB contributions 150 Benefit payments 47 Asset mix: ...
Tags: asset, benefit, benefit plan, Blackstone Group, contribution, defined contribution plan, employee benefit, equity, investment, Pimco, Putnam, stock, TRW
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...
Tags: benefit, creditor, equity, FINANCE, income, Internal Revenue Service, Investment, payment, stock, Taxes
Research articles 1992-05-01