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Fort Worth employees' pension fund caught in Madoff scheme Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA By MIKE LEE FORT WORTH — The Fort Worth Employee Retirement Fund could be forced to pay back millions from an investment with Bernard Madoff, who is charged ... See all stories on this topic

BofA Won't Sweat Merrill Departures TheStreet.com - USA Whether the departures presage a broader culture clash between New York investment bankers and Charlotte-based commercial bankers is unknowable at this ... See all stories on this topic

The Daily Deal (subscription) Could latest Merrill departures foreshadow a stampede? The Daily Deal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA Retaining Merrill's investment bankers is a priority for BofA chief executive Ken Lewis, but as we've noted, blending Merrill's investment banking culture ... See all stories on this topic

CES 2009: Can the latest technology beat the recession? Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Last month, Sony said it would cut 8000 of its 185000 jobs, shut down plants and reduce investment in electronics. Taiwan, whose technology firms are at the ... See all stories on this topic

Week in review: Two tech shows, minus icons CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA Such an arrangement would ask the investment group to pay a premium of about 20 percent to Yahoo's current share price, which closed Wednesday at $13 a ... See all stories on this topic

Fort Worth employees’ pension fund caught in Madoff scheme Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA The investment is only a small part of the pension fund’s assets. But it’s the second time in two years that the local pension fund has been taken to court ... See all stories on this topic

Stryker's 4Q Sales Top Lowered View; Shares Rally CNNMoney.com - USA That was slightly above analysts' latest estimates and helped result in 2008 sales excluding currency fluctuations being up 10.5%. ... See all stories on this topic