...Inc. Virtually unheard of five years ago, the funds are now managed by firms such as ING, Merrill Lynch and Salomon Smith Barney. // But advisers say principal-protected funds, which are now concentrated in bonds, don't make a lot of...
...worldwide, according to its latest figures. Wachovia said the combined brokerage would also trail Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley in terms of numbers of brokers. The merger is expected to close in the third quarter, the...
...financial adviser to their retirement plans local, and the Augusta Commission obliged, voting 8-2 to retain Salomon Smith Barney as an investment manager. Salomon Smith, which has offices near Riverwalk Augusta, competed with two out-of-town...
...order to boost its cash reserves. And Oxford Health Plans fell $2.18 to $32 on a brokerage downgrade from Salomon Smith Barney. Gainers included drug store company CVS, which rose $1.21 to $24.55 after reporting fourth-quarter earnings...
...IBM dropped $1.16 to $81.90 after announcing it would buy Rational Software for $2.1 billion in cash. Salomon Smith Barney downgraded IBM to "in-line" from "outperform," citing the high price of its stock. Rational rose $2...
...things will pick up for the rest of the year." Technology company PeopleSoft dropped $1.06 to $19.97 after Salomon Smith Barney cut the company's stock rating, citing overvaluation. Gainers included Tivo, which rose 40 cents to $6...
...15 at the door; call 821-1300. Nov. 20: Free long-term care workshop, sponsored by Edmond Smith of Salomon Smith Barney and Robert C. Cook of GE Financial Assurance; Augusta branch office, 1 10th St., Suite 600; noon and 6 p...
...years. He and his wife, Carol, have four children and live in Columbia County. The Augusta branch office of Salomon Smith Barney has donated $3,000 to The Family Y through the Citigroup Foundation program. The Family Y will use the donation...
...information. BIZ BITES Profitable partings Chief executive Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco and star analyst Jack Grubman of Salomon Smith Barney may have raised eyebrows with their $30 million severance packages. But such lucrative partings are common for...
...after lowering its third-quarter earnings and sales outlook. Brokerage stocks were weak following a downgrade by Salomon Smith Barney. Lehman Brothers dropped $2.20 to $58.98, and Bear Stearns fell 33 cents to $65.79. The Russell 2000...