PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An Indiana investment adviser is not mentally competent to be tried on charges he deliberately crashed his plane in the Florida Panhandle in a botched plot to fake his death to escape financial ruin, his public defender said Wednesday. ...more

January 21, 2009

A federal grand jury indicted an Indiana investment adviser Tuesday on charges of deliberately crashing his small airplane in the Florida Panhandle to try to fake his own death as part of a plan to escape financial ruin. ...more

January 20, 2009

A government rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be costly for scores of investment, banking and insurance companies that hold billions of dollars in preferred shares in the mortgage finance giants. ...more

August 22, 2008

WellCare Health Plans Inc. has named Jonathan Rich, former general counsel and chief compliance officer at health insurer Aveta Inc., as the Tampa company's senior vice president and chief compliance officer. ...more

July 9, 2008

Even after last year's market mayhem and this year's turbulent start, investment bargains are difficult to come by. ...more

January 13, 2008

The hype is finally justified. Wall Street has rolled out some 600 exchange-traded index funds, those stock-market-listed products that have exploded in popularity. Many, however, merely mimic existing mutual funds - or are so narrowly focused that they're of little use to prudent investors. ...more

December 23, 2007