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• Regulators charge five former executives of online credit card firm with fraud.

  - 2004-09-29

  By Deborah Lohse, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29--Securities regulators sued five former executives of the defunct online credit-card company NextCard, charging them with fraudulently misleading investors about the formerly high-flying San Francisco company's level...

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• San Mateo, Calif., mutual fund adviser to pay $50 million to fund holders.

  - 2004-08-03

  By Kristi Heim, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 3--Franklin Advisers, the San Mateo firm that advises the country's fourth largest mutual fund, has agreed to pay $50 million back to Franklin Templeton shareholders to settle charges it...

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• 'Sell' Recommendations Become More Common in Wake of New SEC Regulations.

  - 2002-12-23

  By Maureen Fan, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 23--NEW YORK--Friday's landmark settlement between major investment banks and securities regulators over inflated stock ratings could help investors get better stock-picking advice in the future. But...

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• Proposal Would Post Facts of Broker Penalties Online.

  - 2002-10-31

  By Deborah Lohse, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 31--Investors will have better access to their broker's disciplinary record if a proposal announced Wednesday is enacted. Currently, investors who go to the National Association of Securities...

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• Muslim Market Emerges To Allow Investing by Islamic Principles.

  - 2002-10-06

  By K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 6--The mutual fund Mohammad Asaf had parked his savings in was doing great. But two years after his initial investment he learned the fund was heavily weighted in...

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• Becoming Less Public Helps California Pension Fund Attract Investor.

  - 2002-09-29

  By Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29--As the shepherd of the collective savings of nearly 1.3 million California workers, CalPERS operates in a political and media fishbowl -- a fact that has kept some potential...

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• American Workers Suffer Confidence Crisis over Retirement Savings.

  - 2002-08-25

  By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 25--For countless Americans, saving for retirement is a confidence game -- but it's easily shattered confidence. When first questioned for a survey by the Charles Schwab brokerage, ...

  Tags: 401(k), Benefits, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., FINANCE, investor, San Jose Mercury News, women, worker

• Technology Stock Rise a Welcome Change for Index.

  - 2002-05-09

  By Jennifer Bjorhus, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 9--The Nasdaq posted its biggest rally Wednesday in more than a year, but the index that showcases Silicon Valley's most important technology stocks continues to vegetate below the 2,000 point and...

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• High-Tech Stocks Rally but Face Test.

  - 2002-05-09

  By Jennifer Bjorhus, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 9--The Nasdaq posted its biggest rally Wednesday in more than a year, but the index that showcases Silicon Valley's most important technology stocks continues to vegetate below the 2,000 point and...

  Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., investor, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., San Jose Mercury News

• Stock Exchanges to Be Shut for Two Days, after Terrorist Attack.

  - 2001-09-12

  By David A. Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 12--For the first time since World War II, the U.S. stock markets closed for two days, effectively shutting down American financial business after the attack on the World Trade Center...

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