Charles Schwab & Co., the large U.S. discount broker, which opened its San Juan office in May 1994, has opened a second office, in Mayaguez, to serve clients in the western region. Schwab now serves some 1,500 investor accounts with more than US$100 million in client assets,...
May 15--Stockbroker George A. Brown used to get angry whenever a competitor would publish an advertisement showing that Brown's prices were higher. Not any more. Brown, a 19-year veteran of the discount-stock trade, is bringing new meaning to the term discount broker. Starting June 1, ...
Discount and real estate broker are two concepts that rarely go together, but a new study predicts that this will not always be the case. In addition to the rise of discount brokerages, one should see a number of other changes ahead for the commercial real estate industry: More brokers...
Byline: The Times Union, the 115-year-old former discount house, agreed to a [pound]25m (E41.2m) takeover by Browallia on Friday, bringing an end to the independence of one of the oldest institutions. Union, known for most of its corporate life as Union Discount, was once...
LA JOLLA, Calif.--Oct. 15--Think discount broker and one name comes to mind. And it isn't Jack White. But then, Charles Schwab, the man who introduced cut-rate investing, never served in the U.S. Army alongside "The King." LA JOLLA, Calif.--Oct. 15--Think discount broker and one name comes...
LA JOLLA, Calif.--Oct. 17--Think discount broker and one name comes to mind. And it isn't Jack White. But then, Charles Schwab, the man who introduced cut-rate investing, never served in the U.S. Army alongside "The King." LA JOLLA, Calif.--Oct. 17--Think discount broker and one name comes...
Toronto-Dominion Bank abandoned talks Monday aimed at merging its TD Waterhouse discount brokerage with US rival E*Trade.The deal would have created the second biggest discount broker in the US after Charles Schwab. The talks broke down on Sunday due Toronto-Dominion Bank abandoned talks Monday aimed at...
Byline: Brooke Southall SAN FRANCISCO - The Charles Schwab Corp. has posted its hottest results since the dot-com era. The discount broker gathered $28.1 billion in net new assets during the three months ended March 31,...
Ron Roge is concerned. Almost one year ago, Charles Schwab & Co., the discount broker to which the investment adviser had been sending all of his business, bought U.S. Trust Corp., a money management firm he considers a competitor. Fearing tha Ron Roge...
Apr. 20--Real estate broker Stephen O'Hara's discount commission program is generating a lot of phone calls. Not all of them are expected. Apr. 20--Real estate broker Stephen O'Hara's discount commission program is generating a lot of phone calls. Not all of them are expected.
READERS seeking to sign up with a discount stockbroker always ask for the name of a "good one." Well, there are dozens of good ones among the hundreds in business today, so how doI answer that question? Do I conduct a survey of two or three dozen...
* Global? Did we say we want to be global? Charles Schwab & Co., the nation's No. 1 discount broker, said Friday it is exiting the Australian and Japanese markets because of bad trading conditions. Meanwhile, it was ... ...
Use this template to announce the discount offer. Discount will have more impact if it has a time limit on it. Be specific about the terms and conditions of the discount to avoid any confusion.
discount broker, some for no fee and some for a small fee. But I think Scottrade fees are now different than what you said in your column. -- M.W., Oakland A: Scottrade has changed its fee structure. Currently, Ariel Fund and Royce Pennsylvania Fund...
Jan. 30--Charles Schwab & Co., the nation's largest discount broker, is leaving one of the most prestigious addresses in Buffalo and moving to Amherst. Jan. 30--Charles Schwab & Co., the nation's largest discount broker, is leaving one of the most prestigious addresses in ...
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 2, 1998--Siebert Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: SIEB) today announced that its national discount brokerage subsidiary, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., has signed a letter of intent to purchase the retail customer accounts of Donald K. Cowles and of Cowles, Sabol & Co., Inc. of Encino, CA. The acquisition...
Unless you are a stock broker yourself, you might need to hire a broker to handle your investments for you. Brokers are the people who work for brokerage houses and can buy and sell stock on the stock exchange. A lost of people wonder if they really need a broker....
TD Waterhouse Institutional Services has long labored under the pall that it is everything Schwab Institutional is -- but less so. Not anymore. The New York discount broker is teaming up with Advent Software Inc., the...
A real estate broker can be especially helpful when trying to sell a problem property. He may know investors willing to take a hard look at your offer, where the average home buyer will not. Consider the cost of using a broker versus holding a property for six to nine...