Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team

Dec. 8–The recovery keeps chugging along. Orders are up. Earnings are up. Stocks are up, and, thanks to tax refunds, consumer spending is up. Everything is great, except for one small problem. Jobsaren’t coming back. When the weekly job numbers […]

Dec. 8–The recovery keeps chugging along. Orders are up. Earnings are up. Stocks are up, and, thanks to tax refunds, consumer spending is up. Everything is great, except for one small problem. Jobsaren’t coming back. When the weekly job numbers […]

SCOTLAND’S corporate accounting elite enjoyed an average increase in pay and bonuses of 26% in the last financial year – despite plummeting share prices. However, figures disclosed in a new survey ofthe FTSE-250 are distorted by the rises handed to […]

The chief executives of 20 leading fund managers will be summoned to the headquarters of the Financial Services Authority on Wednesday as the “market timing” scandal finally reaches the City ofLondon. The FSA has decided to act, three months after […]

Gives Company Three-Continent, 24-Hour Reach NEW YORK and LONDON, Dec. 8, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) — GlobeOp Financial Services (GFS), extending its global reach to better serve its growing international client base, today announced that it is opening an office in Mumbai, […]

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Discovery Channel Canada’s program Daily Planet is scheduled to air a segment featuring a new electric car from ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAPZ – News) on Tuesday, December 9, 2003. According to Discovery […]

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 8, 2003–Underground Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets:UGSI) announced today that it has been invited to present an overview of the Company at the New York Society ofSecurity Analysts 7th annual Investing in the Water Industry Conference on December 9, […]

Dec. 8–Successful investing is hard, but it doesn’t require genius. As much as anything else, it requires something perhaps even more rare: the ability to identify and overcome one’s ownpsychological weaknesses. Behavioral finance has become a cottage industry in recent […]

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 8, 2003–Underground Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets:UGSI) announced today that it has been invited to present an overview of the Company at the New York Society ofSecurity Analysts 7th annual Investing in the Water Industry Conference on December 9, […]

FORT WORTH, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 8, 2003–The Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX:TLF) today announced that Michael A. Nery has joined The Leather Factory, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Mr. Nery’s firmmanages Nery Capital Partners, L.P., an investment fund that purchased Leather Factory shares […]

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 8, 2003–Responding to the increased needs of institutional clientele, Stanford Group Company (SGC) announces the opening of an institutional trading desk in the Dallasarea offering clients flexibility, speed and service. The office is located at 2300 Valley View […]

Strong price may be up to money manager Weiss owns just 5% of company but runs highly respected funds By KATHLEEN GALLAGHER [email protected], Journal Sentinel Sunday, December 7, 2003 It may look like it’s just Richard S. Strong controlling the […]