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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Pacific Life Insurance Companyâ??s chairman, president and CEO James T. Morris has announced that Dewey Bushaw will become Executive Vice President of Pacific Lifeâ??s Annuities & Mutual Funds Division effective January 1, 2009.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 5, 2008 -- The Securities Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes, P.A. announced that it filed another arbitration claim against Morgan Keegan and Regions financial corp., with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Office of Dispute Resolution.

BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) LPL Financial Corporation ('LPL Financial') announced today plans to continue to expand its product and service offering with introduction of an integrated advisor solution platform, supporting independent Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) and Hybrid (dually registered) advisors. This platform enables advisors to address all of their clients' commission and fee-based needs while also allowing them the flexibility to grow their independent RIA offering across any business model. LPL Financial plans to roll this offering out in late 2008.

National homebuilder Taylor Morrison Inc. has merged its Bay Area and Sacramento divisions into a new Northern California division based in Sacramento, although the company will maintain a satellite office in the Bay Area., the company announced Friday.

LISLE, Ill.----Claymore Securities, Inc., the third-fastest growing exchange-traded fund provider in 2007*, today announced that it will transfer the listing of the Claymore ETFs set forth below, which are currently listed on the American Stock Exchange , to NYSE Arca.

ROCKVILLE, MD (MARKET WIRE) Rydex Investments today announced the distribution declarations for seven CurrencyShares exchange traded products: CurrencyShares(SM) Australian Dollar Trust (NYSE: FXA), CurrencyShares(SM) British Pound Sterling Trust (NYSE: FXB), CurrencyShares(SM) Canadian Dollar Trust (NYSE: FXC), CurrencyShares(SM) Euro Trust (NYSE: FXE), CurrencyShares(SM) Mexican Peso Trust (NYSE: FXM), CurrencyShares(SM) Swedish Krona Trust (NYSE: FXS) and CurrencyShares(SM) Swiss Franc Trust (NYSE: FXF).

Merchants Securities is seeking regulatory approval for an initial public offering in Shanghai that could raise as much as Rmb5bn ($730m), becoming the second mainland Chinese brokerage this year to announce plans for an A-share listing

The U.S. Treasury has announced that Social Security beneficiaries can now sign up to receive their benefits on a special debit card, rather than by check or direct deposit.

The morning started with the Labor Department announcing that non-farm payrolls dropped by 84,000 during the latest month, more than the expected decline of 75,000...(Read More)

The University of California, Davis, announced Friday that Nicole Woolsey Biggart, dean of the Graduate School of Management, intends to step down from her post next July.