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    <title>Wikio - Ameriprise Financial</title>
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    <description>Wikio - Finance - Financial Services - Ameriprise Financial</description>
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      <title>Ameriprise Financial Chairman and CEO to Present at the Lehman Brothers Global Financial Services Conference (Business Wire)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=69145830</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--&lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, Inc. (&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/NYSE" class="deep u"&gt;NYSE&lt;/A&gt;: AMP) today announced that &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Jim+Cracchiolo" class="deep u"&gt;Jim Cracchiolo&lt;/A&gt;, chairman and chief executive officer, is scheduled to speak about the company&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.businesswire.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Business Wire&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&amp;epi-process=generic.jsp&amp;beanStrID=bwrss&amp;viewID=headline_list_rss&amp;rss=G1QFDERJXkJeEFpQWw==" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business/business_services" target="_blank"&gt;Business Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/investment_brokerage/lehman_brothers_holdings" target="_blank"&gt;Lehman Brothers Holdings&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/nyse" target="_blank"&gt;NYSE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=69145830</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-27T14:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Ameriprise Financial names new president of US advisor group (Banking Business Review)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67807256</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; has hired &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Donald+Froude" class="deep u"&gt;Donald Froude&lt;/A&gt; as the new president of its US advisor group. As a member of the company's executive leadership team, he will report to chairman and CEO &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Jim+Cracchiolo" class="deep u"&gt;Jim Cracchiolo&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.banking-business-review.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Banking Business Review&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://www.banking-business-review.com/rss/rss_features.asp" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/banking" target="_blank"&gt;Banking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2008-08-14T19:01:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Legg Mason exec Froude leaves for Ameriprise (The Baltimore Business Journal)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67775586</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/b&gt; Inc. has named &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Donald+Froude" class="deep u"&gt;Donald Froude&lt;/A&gt; president of its U.S. Advisor Group. (BOA) (AMP) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore"  target="_blank"&gt;The Baltimore Business Journal&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://feeds.bizjournals.com/bizj_baltimore" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business" target="_blank"&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/investment_brokerage/legg_mason" target="_blank"&gt;Legg Mason&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:30:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67775586</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-14T18:30:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>As H&amp;R Block Offloads Problem Child, Who Got the Better Deal? (Seeking Alpha)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67742549</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/George+Gutowski" class="deep u"&gt;George Gutowski&lt;/A&gt; submits: H&amp;R Block (HRB) off loaded its financial advisors business to &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (AMP). H&amp;R needed to make the deal so as to generate much needed cash and monetize substantial amounts of goodwill. Everyone is looking at the deal from H&amp;R's point of view with particular emphasis on balance sheet implications. What concerns me is the lack of any comment on the following...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://china.seekingalpha.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Seeking Alpha&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://feeds.feedburner.com/seekingalpha" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/world/asia/china" target="_blank"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67742549</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-14T13:32:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Ameriprise Financial Names Donald E. Froude President of U.S. Advisor Group (Business Wire)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67658338</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--&lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, Inc. (&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/NYSE" class="deep u"&gt;NYSE&lt;/A&gt;: AMP) today announced that &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Donald+E.+Froude" class="deep u"&gt;Donald E. Froude&lt;/A&gt; will join the company as president of the U.S. Advisor Group. As a member of the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.businesswire.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Business Wire&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&amp;epi-process=generic.jsp&amp;beanStrID=bwrss&amp;viewID=headline_list_rss&amp;rss=G1QFDERJXkJeEFpQWw==" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business/business_services" target="_blank"&gt;Business Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/investment_brokerage" target="_blank"&gt;Investment Brokerage&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/nyse" target="_blank"&gt;NYSE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67658338</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-13T19:30:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Divdend.com: H&amp;R Block Sticks With Core (The Street)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67646829</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The company unloads its Block Financial Arm to &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; for $315 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.thestreet.com"  target="_blank"&gt;The Street&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://www.thestreet.com/feeds/rss/index.xml" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/technology/semi_conductors/equipment/applied_materials" target="_blank"&gt;Applied Materials&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/technology/semi_conductors/equipment" target="_blank"&gt;Equipment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance" target="_blank"&gt;Finance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>twocents@thestreet.com (Tom Reese and Paul Rubillo)</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-08-13T17:37:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Dividend.com: H&amp;R Block Sticks With Core (The Street)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67666341</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The company unloads its Block Financial Arm to &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; for $315 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.thestreet.com"  target="_blank"&gt;The Street&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://www.thestreet.com/feeds/rss/index.xml" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/technology/semi_conductors/equipment/applied_materials" target="_blank"&gt;Applied Materials&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/technology/semi_conductors/equipment" target="_blank"&gt;Equipment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance" target="_blank"&gt;Finance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>twocents@thestreet.com (Tom Reese and Paul Rubillo)</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-08-13T17:37:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>H&amp;R Block will sell financial advisers subsidiary for $315M (The Atlanta Business Chronicle)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67629250</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;H&amp;R Block Inc. will sell its H&amp;R Block Financial Advisors subsidiary to &lt;b&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/b&gt; Inc. for $315 million in cash. (HRB) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta"  target="_blank"&gt;The Atlanta Business Chronicle&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://feeds.bizjournals.com/bizj_atlanta" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business" target="_blank"&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:52:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67629250</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-13T14:52:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>H&amp;R Block sells Financial Advisors unit to Ameriprise Financial (kansascity.com)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67574558</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;H&amp;R Block’s long-struggling Financial Advisors unit is being sold to &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; for $315 million in cash.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.kansascity.com"  target="_blank"&gt;kansascity.com&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/rss.xml" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/us/states/kansas" target="_blank"&gt;Kansas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67574558</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-13T02:54:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>H&amp;R Block to Sell Brokerage Business (Law Blog - WSJ.com)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67546683</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;H&amp;R Block agreed to sell its brokerage business to &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; for $315 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in four to six months. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/law/"  target="_blank"&gt;Law Blog - WSJ.com&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://online.wsj.com/xml/rss/3_7011.xml" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business" target="_blank"&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/us" target="_blank"&gt;US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:22:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67546683</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-12T22:22:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>H&amp;R Block Sells Financial Advisors Unit (The Street)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67543571</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; picks up the business for $315 million in cash.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.thestreet.com"  target="_blank"&gt;The Street&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://www.thestreet.com/feeds/rss/index.xml" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance" target="_blank"&gt;Finance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67543571</guid>
      <dc:creator>twocents@thestreet.com (Laurie Kulikowski)</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-08-12T21:24:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Ameriprise to buy H&amp;R Block unit for $315M (The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67543628</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/b&gt; Inc. has agreed to buy H&amp;R Block Inc.’s securities brokerage business for $315 million. (AMP) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities"  target="_blank"&gt;The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://feeds.bizjournals.com/bizj_twincities" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business" target="_blank"&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67543628</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-12T21:21:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>H&amp;R Block will sell financial advisers subsidiary for $315M (The Kansas City Business Journal)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67543264</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;H&amp;R Block Inc. has agreed to sell its H&amp;R Block Financial Advisors subsidiary to &lt;b&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/b&gt; Inc. for $315 million in cash. (HRB) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity"  target="_blank"&gt;The Kansas City Business Journal&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://feeds.bizjournals.com/bizj_kansascity" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business" target="_blank"&gt;Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:10:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67543264</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-12T21:10:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>H&amp;R Block selling financial advisors unit to Ameriprise for $315 million (kansascity.com)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67540065</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;H&amp;R Block announced has reached an agreement to sell H&amp;R Block Financial Advisors (HRBFA) to &lt;b&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/b&gt;, Inc. in a deal valued at $315 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.kansascity.com"  target="_blank"&gt;kansascity.com&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/rss.xml" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/us/states/kansas" target="_blank"&gt;Kansas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67540065</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-12T20:56:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Ameriprise to pay $315 mln for H&amp;R Block Financial unit (Market Watch)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67541457</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/SAN+FRANCISCO" class="deep u"&gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/A&gt; (MarketWatch) -- &lt;b&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/b&gt; Inc. will buy H&amp;R Block Inc.'s H&amp;R Block Financial Advisors unit for $315 million cash, the companies said late Tuesday. Ameriprise expects the deal to add to earnings in early 2010. The deal is expected to close in the next four to six months. "The securities brokerage business increasingly demands size and scale, and (H&amp;R Block Financial...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.marketwatch.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Market Watch&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://feeds.marketwatch.com/marketwatch/marketpulse/" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/markets" target="_blank"&gt;Markets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:49:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2008-08-12T20:49:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>H&amp;R Block to Sell Financial Advisors Business to Ameriprise (Business Wire)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67538453</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H&amp;R Block (&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/NYSE" class="deep u"&gt;NYSE&lt;/A&gt;: HRB) announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to sell H&amp;R Block Financial Advisors (HRBFA) to &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.businesswire.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Business Wire&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&amp;epi-process=generic.jsp&amp;beanStrID=bwrss&amp;viewID=headline_list_rss&amp;rss=G1QFDERJXkJeEFpQWw==" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business/business_services" target="_blank"&gt;Business Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/us/states/kansas" target="_blank"&gt;Kansas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/us/states/missouri/cities_and_towns/kansas_city" target="_blank"&gt;Kansas City&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/nyse" target="_blank"&gt;NYSE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2008-08-12T20:33:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Ameriprise Financial Awards $1.4 million in Grants to Nonprofits (Business Wire)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67523934</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--&lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, Inc. (&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/NYSE" class="deep u"&gt;NYSE&lt;/A&gt;: AMP) recently completed the first of three funding cycles for 2008,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.businesswire.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Business Wire&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&amp;epi-process=generic.jsp&amp;beanStrID=bwrss&amp;viewID=headline_list_rss&amp;rss=G1QFDERJXkJeEFpQWw==" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business/business_services" target="_blank"&gt;Business Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/nyse" target="_blank"&gt;NYSE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2008-08-12T18:07:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>International Association of Outsourcing Professionals: Leading Companies Share Outsourcing Governance Expertise (Market Wire)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=67360750</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (MARKET WIRE) Allstate, Blue Shield, &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/IBM" class="deep u"&gt;IBM&lt;/A&gt; and PricewaterhouseCoopers are among companies that will share their experiences and best practices in outsourcing governance at the upcoming International Association of Outsourcing Professionals' (IAOP)(TM) Governance Forum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.marketwire.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Market Wire&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://img.marketwire.com/rss/mwfullfeed.rss" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business/accounting_and_auditing" target="_blank"&gt;Accounting and Auditing&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance" target="_blank"&gt;Finance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business/entrepreneurship/outsourcing" target="_blank"&gt;Outsourcing&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business/accounting_and_auditing/pricewaterhousecoopers" target="_blank"&gt;PricewaterhouseCoopers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2008-08-11T12:49:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Seligman Closed-End Funds Issue Statement Regarding Boards' Approval of New Advisory, Subadvisory and Administration Agreements Between Each Fund and Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Business Wire)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=65975396</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On July 7, 2008, &lt;b&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/b&gt;, Inc. ("Ameriprise") announced an agreement to acquire J. &amp; W. Seligman &amp; Co. Incorporated (the "Manager"), the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://www.businesswire.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Business Wire&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&amp;epi-process=generic.jsp&amp;beanStrID=bwrss&amp;viewID=headline_list_rss&amp;rss=G1QFDERJXkJeEFpQWw==" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/business/business_services" target="_blank"&gt;Business Services&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/us/states/new_york/cities_and_towns" target="_blank"&gt;Cities and Towns&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/us/states/new_york" target="_blank"&gt;New York&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/us/states/new_york/cities_and_towns/new_york_city" target="_blank"&gt;New York City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2008-07-29T22:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Top GVP of Ameriprise Financial Leaves to Join Brewer Financial … - FOXBusiness (Financial Services)</title>
      <link>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=65633640</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;PR Web (press release) Top GVP of &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Leaves to Join Brewer Financial …FOXBusiness - 1 hour agoDuring his distinguished 17-year career at &lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/American+Express" class="deep u"&gt;American Express&lt;/A&gt; Financial Advisors, now known as &lt;b&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.wikio.com/tag/Ameriprise+Financial" class="deep u"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Services, Bob served as a Group Vice …Financial Network Investment Corporation Celebrates 25th Anniversary FOXBusinessall 21 news articles&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href="http://financialservices.newsonlinelibrary.com"  target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http://financialservices.newsonlinelibrary.com/?feed=rss2" target="_blank"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Explore :  &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/credit/american_express" target="_blank"&gt;American Express&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/asset_management/ameriprise_financial" target="_blank"&gt;Ameriprise Financial&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services" target="_blank"&gt;Financial Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:59:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.wikio.com/finance/financial_services/ameriprise_financial?rinfoid=65633640</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-07-26T08:59:19Z</dc:date>
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