Headlines from CCN Matthews - Financial Services

• Cream of the Crop Stock Picking Service Enters 20th Straight Month of 100% Perfection - NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by BullTrade.com.
• ACT! by Sage for Financial Professionals 10.0 Delivers New Contact and Data Management Features - Contact and Compliance Management Solution Enhances Financial Data Management Capabilities and Adds Dashboard Schedule and Activity View; Latest Version Supports Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Vista and Office 2007
• Breaking News Alert: UDTT! - NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Wall Street Capital Funding.
• Top 100 Companies Helping Build Families Are Recognized on the 100th Anniversary of Mother's Day - Top 100 Companies Helping Build Families Are Recognized on the 100th Anniversary of Mother's Day
• Hillsdale Investment Management annonce le lancement de son équipe de Services des placements institutionnels - Hillsdale Investment Management annonce le lancement de son équipe de Services des placements institutionnels

Headlines from Forbes - Corporate Governance

• Paying For Failure - What does it cost to attract first-class talent to a chief executive job? A lot. What does it cost to hire a clunker? Just as much.
• CEO Pay As A Tool For Employee Disengagement - What's the psychological effect on a workforce of controversy over the boss's salary?
• Corporate Greed = Shareholder Pain - When will corporate headmen stop short-changing stockholders?
• Samsung Chair Escapes Bribery Charges - Lee Kun-hee is nonetheless indicted on accusations of tax evasion and breach of trust, in what is seen as a test case for the modernization of South Korean corporate governance.
• Sponsor's Content: The Bottom Line on Sustainability - Research indicates a clear connection between a company's sustainability practices and the price of its shares. What's not so apparent is whether it's just a feel-good idea or actually good for cash flow.

Headlines from Forbes - Innovation

• Click Here To Win A Job! - How some financial firms are using real-world-style investment contests to cast a wider net for skilled technology workers.
• What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch - Author Stephen H. Baum reveals the management secrets that makes guys like Jack Welch legendary.
• Has Industry Failed Us? - Business is fond of boasting of the marvels it has created, but, argues Paul Johnson, opportunities have been missed.
• How To Unlock Your Company's Creativity - Innovation isn't about eggheads in lab coats. It's about tapping the resources of the entire organization.
• Sponsor's Content: The Bottom Line on Sustainability - Research indicates a clear connection between a company's sustainability practices and the price of its shares. What's not so apparent is whether it's just a feel-good idea or actually good for cash flow.

Headlines from Market Wire - Investor Relations

• Small Business Research Board: U.S. Small Business Confidence Index Increases Nearly 10 Points; Small Business Research Board Study Finds Slight Increase in All Key Indicators - BUFFALO GROVE, IL (MARKET WIRE) Increases in all key indicators raised the Small Business Research Board (SBRB) U.S. Small Business Confidence Index (SBCI) to 43.67 during the first quarter of 2008, according to the latest report issued today.
• MoneyTV; Material Technologies, Inc.; Itronics, Inc.; Piedmont Mining Company, Inc.: MoneyTV, Week of 5/9 - LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) MoneyTV is the nationally syndicated television program all about money and what makes it happen (http://www.moneytv.net), featuring informative interviews by hosts Donald Baillargeon and Skip Lindeman with company CEOs, providing insights into their operations and outlooks for their futures.
• The First Marblehead Corporation: First Marblehead Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results - BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) The First Marblehead Corporation (NYSE: FMD) today announced its financial and operating results for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2008.
• Expo Holdings, Inc.: Expo Holdings, Inc. Receives Project Deposits Exceeding $50,000 - NORTH WILKESBORO, NC (MARKET WIRE) Expo Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: EXPH), a holding Company which wholly owns D&D Displays, Inc., is pleased to announce it has received a project deposit from Novalis, International.
• American Physicians Capital, Inc.: American Physicians Capital, Inc. Shareholders Approve Proposals at Annual Meeting - EAST LANSING, MI (MARKET WIRE) American Physicians Capital, Inc. (APCapital) (NASDAQ: ACAP) today announced the reelection of three directors: Board Chair AppaRao Mukkamala, M.D., Spencer L. Schneider and Joseph D. Stilwell, each with terms expiring in 2011. Shareholders today also ratified the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year-ending December 31, 2008.

Headlines from MarketWatch.com - Financial Services

• Allianz profit falls 65% after write-downs at Dresdner unit - German insurance giant Allianz on Friday reported a 65% drop in first-quarter net profit, after taking 845 million euros ($1.3 billion) in write-downs at its struggling Dresdner Bank unit.
• Indications: U.S. stock futures show Wall Streed headed for opening drop - U.S. stock futures drop on Friday, after American International Group’s $7.8 billion loss and oil prices surge past $125 a barrel.
• Before the Bell: Oil, AIG, Diageo in focus Friday - U.S. stock futures dropped on Friday, as oil surged past $125 a barrel. American International Group's $7.8 billion loss and plan to raise $12.5 billion in capital fueled doubts over whether the worst of the credit crunch is past.
• AIG's shares fall in pre-open after huge loss, tugging on Dow - American International Group reports a $7.81 billion first-quarter net loss as the giant insurer gets hit hard by the credit crunch. AIG's blue-chip shares feel heavy selling pressure.
• London Markets: London falls prey to fresh jitters over financials, higher crude - U.K. stocks fall at week's end as banks feel under pressure spawned by American International Group’s hefty loss.

Headlines from MarketWatch.com - Mutual Funds

• Chuck Jaffe: Time for investors to foreclose on troubled lender Fannie Mae - BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- When Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored mortgage company, announced a larger-than-expected quarterly loss and another planned cut to its dividend this week, the stock immediately had a nice little pop, picking up 9%.
• Buy funds for diversity, not past performance - Karin Anderson, mutual fund analyst at Morningstar, says investors need to choose funds as much for the way they diversify a portfolio as for past results or their promise for the future.
• ETF Investing: Natural-gas, energy ETFs ride oil surge to top-flight returns - The relentless climb in oil prices has vaulted exchange-traded products indexed to natural gas and the energy sector to the top of the performance lists so far in 2008 as some analysts see crude spiking as high as $200 a barrel.
• Chuck Jaffe: For many investors, risk-taking now offers little return - BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- "I'd rather lose nothing and get to where I feel I can invest again than be in the market right now."
• FundWatch: Retirement, leadership issues top fund-industry meeting agenda - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- As mutual-fund investors come to grips with a weak economy and a shaky stock market, fund industry executives are gathering in Washington to discuss issues including retirement savings and the ongoing challenges to the fund business.