CII gives BoSIS Chartered Financial Planners title
The Chartered Insurance Institute has today awarded Bank of Scotland Investment Service the Chartered Financial Planners title for firms. ...

Draw up a financial plan to build the lifestyle you want
A financial plan is a blueprint that defines how you will achieve your finaåncial and lifestyle objectives. At the acsis/Personal Finance Financial Planning Club's series of meetings this month, Gerrit Viljoen, the director of Ultima Financial Planners in Pretoria, talked about what you need to consider when drawing up a financial plan.

Financial 411: How to get out gracefully
Phone in questions on financial planning and strategies

by Mark P. Cussen ,CFP®, CMFC
Should You Put Your Faith In A Trust? ( Contact Author | Biography ) Banks , insurance companies, brokerage firms and financial planning firms - they all want a piece of your portfolio, and consumers often find that their assets are scattered among these institutions.

Long-term care expert to speak to financial planners in Boise
Steve Moses, an expert on long-term care and Medicaid, will address Boise?s finest financial and estate planning professionals from 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 at the U.S. Bank building, Downtown Boise.

Parents face college-vs.-retirement quandary
(By Dave Carpenter, Associated Press) The stock market slide that has decimated savings for retirement and college with equal savagery is forcing many parents into an uncomfortable choice of where to cut back first. Common sense and mathematics make it a straightforward call in the eyes of many financial planners: Even if college looms soon for your child, retirement savings has to be the top ...

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India Demands Pakistan Hand Over Fugitives
As tensions increased between nuclear-armed neighbors after the Mumbai attacks, India demanded that Pakistan hand over 20 people that it considers to be ?fugitives.?

India demands Pakistan hand over fugitives
The demand was made when India summoned Pakistan's ambassador on Monday evening and told him that Pakistanis were responsible for the terrorist attacks here last week and must be punished.

Mumbai emerges after terrorist attacks
Though scarred and traumatized by last week's terrorist attacks, this crowded, hyperactive city of 18 million cannot stay shut down for long. Schools and businesses reopened Monday in Mumbai as residents of India's financial engine struggled to come to terms with the bloodshed.

Arts groups work to preserve city building
During these trying economic times, the Oswego Players and the Oswego Art Association have taken it upon themselves to replace the windows in their city-owned building with their own funds, alleviating taxpayers from more financial strain and simultaneously making the building more energy efficient.

Popular program faces budget ax
HUDSON FALLS -- As the budget debate in Washington County draws to a close, farmers, 4-H students and financial planners are all wondering what will become of the Cornell Cooperative Extension.

County's budget woes may hit popular program
HUDSON FALLS -- As the budget debate in Washington County draws to a close, farmers, 4-H students and financial planners are all looking at what will become of the Cornell Cooperative Extension.

A financial plan can protect one from terror
Lokesh Nathany, national head of wealth management, Almondz Global Securities, Zankhana Shah, a certified financial planner and founder of Money Planner and Ranjeet Mudolkar, principal advisor, Financial Planning Standards Board, India spoke with Abhay Rao of The Financial Express about financial planning being the key to safeguarding ones interest in times of emergency

Tensions mount between India and Pakistan
Indian officials said that Pakistanis were responsible and must be punished for last week's terrorist attacks.

Don't judge an adviser by his title
When you are fearful about the safety of your money, you tend to be more vulnerable to unscrupulous salespeople posing as trustworthy advisers. So a recent crackdown on dubious retirement credentials couldn't have come at a better time.

'You Can't Stop Mumbai': The City Post-Attack
Though scarred and traumatized by last week's terrorist attacks, this crowded, hyperactive city of 18 million cannot stay shut down for long.

INDIA DEMANDS PAKISTAN'S 'STRONG ACTION' AGAINST TERRORISTS
In a new sign of rising tensions between two nuclear-armed neighbors, Indian officials summoned Pakistan's ambassador on Monday evening and told him that Pakistani nationals were responsible for the terrorist attacks here last week and that they must be punished.

Latest issue
In our cover story, Anil Netto takes a close look at the ongoing candlelights vigils where ordinary rakyat have been coming out to express their desire for justice and reforms. The vigil on 9 November was broken up by police and 23 people were arrested.

Give the gift of financial advice
People you know well may appreciate the gesture, but make sure it's not judgmental.