Is Obama Right On The New Banking Regulation? Jan 22, 2010 Munya Mtetwa The questions that are in the minds of people who follow business events are; why is the President of one of the most capitalist countries in the world taking such action on banking regulation?

H ell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Oracle Corp. ORCL-Q president Charles Phillips has learned that lesson in a very public way. Huge billboards depicting the married software executive with YaVaughnie Wilkins, his former mistress, appeared this week in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco, setting tabloid tongues wagging

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has begun recruiting independent insurance agents to sell fixed life insurance products while retaining their own autonomy.

Own ETF, ETC, ETN Gold, Silver, Platinum & Palladium Bullion Shares Jan 22, 2010 George Daleiden Instead of owning physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium coins and bullion outright and storing and insuring these precious metals: buy shares in an exchange traded fund (ETF), commodity (ETC) or note (ETN). Many ETFs and ETCs are backed by real bullion. ETNs are unsecured synthetic instruments and do not store metal bars or ingots.

I nsiders do not get excited about average opportunities. Right now, executive buying is pulling back generally. Cheap stocks offering above-average opportunity are becoming harder to find, particularly given the recent attempt of the S&P/TSX composite to push above 12,000.

F rom about $15 in early 2008 (A) MAG Silver Corp. MAG-T had a sharp decline to $3.50 (B), a rally to the falling 40-week moving average (40wMA) (C) and then a pullback toward $5 (D).