Brinker Capital Signs Multi-Year Contract With Fiserv For Trading Solutions
Under the extended agreement, Brinker Capital, which manages approximately 20,000 accounts on the Fiserv platform, will use three flagship Investment Services solutions: APL(SM), Investment Management Solution and Model Management Solution(SM).

Thomson Reuters Goes Live with New Market Data Delivery Solution for TSE Arrowhead
The flexible delivery options offered by Thomson Reuters Data Feed Direct offers all clients open access to full market depth information with microsecond data normalization, distribution and ease of integration within applications, according to a release.

Janus Hires Ex-Pimco Exec As New CEO
Weil, who had been Pimco’s COO for nine years, replaces interim CEO Tim Armour.

Amazon closes the e-book on Macmillan
Amazon is pulling the publisher’s digital books from its online store in a dispute over the fee model

Corvil Releases Latency Management Center
The Latency Management Center will provide a single access point to monitor and manage latency in large or geographically dispersed trading environments.

The Search for Alpha: Analyzing Unstructured Data
Researchers and Wall Street firms are analyzing the avalanche of Internet content — including news feeds, blogs and Twitter posts — to help improve trading performance.

Global co-operation on financial reforms needed: IMF
HERZILIYA, Israel (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Sunday urged the United States, Britain and other countries to cooperate on new policies and regulations in the wake of the financial crisis.

Pandit puts faith in overseas growth strategy
Vikkram Pandit, Citigroup chief executive, insists his strategy of international growth will allow Citi to outperform rivals once the economy bounces back

Are stocks set for a down year? (Reuters)

Reuters – The adage “as January goes, so goes the year” bodes ill for equity investors after the S&P 500 closed out its worst month in almost a year. This week, they will have to contend with fears of sovereign defaults and potential unpleasantness in the U.S. labor market as well.

Volatile stock market weighing on IPOs (AP)
AP – Companies trying to sell their shares in initial public offerings had a hard time finding willing buyers in January — a trend that will likely continue until the stock market stabilizes.

Saudi regulator fines six investors for bourse violations (Reuters)
Reuters – The Saudi bourse regulator has ordered six investors to pay a total 278.1 million riyals ($74.16 million) for trading violations, it said in a statement on Saturday.

FTSE ends higher on US economic data (AFP)

AFP – Leading shares ended higher in London on Friday as sentiment was lifted by data showing stronger-than-expected US economic growth chalked up in the final quarter of last year.

Jobs unveils ‘revolutionary’ Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive officer, unveiled a widely anticipated touch-screen tablet computer, dubbed the iPad

TheMarkets.com Adds 100 Asian Brokers Contributing Research
Global research platform now has 700 brokers publishing content, quadrupling the number from one year ago.

Obama to propose permanent Build America Bonds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will propose making a popular stimulus bond program permanent and expanding its use in the budget plan he presents on Monday, a U.S. Treasury Department official said on Saturday.

UAE’s Arabtec wins $193 million Dubai tower contract
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai contractor Arabtec said on Sunday it has won a 710 million dirhams ($193.3 million) contract to build an 80-storey tower in Dubai from Abu Dhabi-based developer Tasameem Real Estate.

FTSE 100 inches up at opening bell (AFP)

AFP – The leading share index bounced back at the start of trading on Friday, after losing ground following weak US economic data.

Futures Exchange ELX Blends Hosted and Homegrown Ops Platforms
Billing and member communications are two of the functions for which the nascent exchange has turned to software as a service.

With Profits, Goldman Sachs Adjusts Bonuses
Goldman Sachs says it earned $4.95 billion September through December and will set aside $16.2 billion for staff for the year.

United Community Bancorp Reports Second Quarter Results
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — United Community Bancorp (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: UCBA), the holding company for United Community Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $476,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, compared to net incom

BlackRock profits soar on new fund inflows
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $3,350bn under management, reported a sharp jump in fourth-quarter income but signalled it might face a more difficult year ahead

Voltaire Announces Industry’s First 40 Gb/s InfiniBand Switch
Delivers sub-microsecond latency in a compact device and is ideal for co-located low-latency trading, vendor says.

FundQuest Selects Managed Portfolio Advisors as Overlay Manager for UMA
Features of MPA’s overlay management capabilities include offering financial advisors the ability to create asset allocation and investment strategy combinations that can be fully customized for each client.

Transamerica Finds Back-Office Efficiency, Accuracy Through Insourcing
Asset manager saves money and improves the accuracy of data by pulling fund administration back in-house.

The Fool Looks Ahead
Cocoa, cable, and construction will have starring roles.

US growth surprise sends world stocks higher (AP)

AP – European stock markets closed higher Friday after data showed the U.S. economy grew at its fastest rate in over six years during the final three months of last year. Wall Street rose but later lost some of those gains.

U.S. Steel Has Some Work to Do
U.S. Steel’s quarter was hardly impressive, given its year-on-year slide.

Second SEC/BofA case on track for summer trial (Reuters)

Reuters – The second of two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuits against Bank of America Corp over the Merrill Lynch & Co takeover may be ready for trial as soon as this summer, with a trial on the first lawsuit set to begin on March 1.

Global stock markets stage rally (AFP)

AFP – World equities powered higher on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve indicated that American interest rates would remain near zero for some time, analysts said.

PSA Peugeot to recall around 100,000 cars
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen said on Saturday it would recall nearly 100,000 cars because they have the same accelerator-related problems currently afflicting Japan’s Toyota .

Liberty to exit Japan with sale of JCom
Liberty Global, the US-based cable TV group may go on the acquisition trail in Europe after selling its stake in Jupiter Telecommunications for Y363bn in cash to KDDI

BOFA Looking Not Near, But Far, for CFO
Bank of America’s new Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said the financial giant’s next chief financial officer would come from outside the bank.

Obama: Reining in deficit important to recovery
In their weekly address, Republicans criticize president on security issues.

Davos leaves questions over global bank rules push
Conference attendees agree change is necessary, but not on the kind of change.

Volatile stock market weighing on IPOs (AP)
AP – Companies trying to sell their shares in initial public offerings had a hard time finding willing buyers in January — a trend that will likely continue until the stock market stabilizes.

Wal-Mart, Mattel, Newell Rubbermaid big movers (AP)
AP – The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

How to Make Billions of Dollars Without Really Trying
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U.S. Steel Has Some Work to Do
U.S. Steel’s quarter was hardly impressive, given its year-on-year slide.

Uncle Sam Wants YOU (to Build a Better Boat)
Make it shallow, fast, and cheap — and make it snappy!

Here’s Your Shot to Score Big
Follow the Great One’s lead.

The Motley Fool’s Weekly Editors’ Picks
Three of the week’s most educational, amusing, and enriching articles.

Why I’m Down More Than 80%, and How You Can Avoid My Mistakes
Hi, I’m Adam, and I’m an imperfect investor.

A Fool Looks Back
Tablets and taps high-fived one another down Wall Street this week.

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These Are Perfect Dividends
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