Advisor Applications

Google Wants to Plan Your Wedding

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This is no joke. Google teamed up with a wedding planner.

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Fidelity Unveils New Technology Strategy To Meet Rapidly Evolving Needs Of Advisors

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National Financial, Fidelity's clearing unit, says it is unveiling "a comprehensive new technology strategy that will focus on making  significantly larger investments in key areas its broker-dealer clients have indicated would best support their overall growth and efficiency objectives." That sounds a lot bigger than it really is. 

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Please Give Me A Couple Of Bars Of Gold With My Big Gulp; 7-Eleven Starts Selling Gold

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Is this the sign of a top in gold prices? You can buy gold on BuyGoldWithCash’s website for the current market rate plus a markup (transactions can be anywhere from $50 to $1,000), and you’ll be given a PayNearMe slip to take to a 7-Eleven store.  

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TD Ameritrade Institutional Explores Offering Salesforce To Affiliated RIAs; Creates Alpha Version Of Integrated CRM App

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TD Ameritrade Institutional, which provides clearing services to about 4,000 investment advisors, has integrated its custodial data into Salesforce, the popular CRM.

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CoverMe Helps You Compare Cell Network Coverage

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One question that potential iPhone customers are likely to be asking themselves right now, it's probably whether they should pick AT&T or Verizon for their service. At least, that's what Sparkz Products must be hoping, given that it has just released CoverMe, a new iPhone app that can be used to check coverage for all major cell phone networks in a given location.

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