Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... blaming swings in the price of corn. BLOOMBERG NEWSAmeriprise to have $40 million pretax charge Ameriprise Financial Inc., the Minneapolis-based financial-planning company, said it intends to record a pretax charge of $40 million, or $26 million after taxes, in the fourth quarter of 2008. The charge results from merger-related costs associated with three acquisitions that closed in...
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Ameriprise Financial Inc. has completed the purchase of a New York investment company, the company announced Friday. (AMP)
The Kansas City Business Journal (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
H&R Block Inc. has completed the sale of its H&R Block Financial Advisors unit to Ameriprise Financial Inc., and the $278 million purchase of the operator of its tax preparation franchise units in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. (HRB)
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... and Wachovia.WALL STREET JOURNALWireless Ronin to cut 22% of workforce Wireless Ronin Technologies Inc., a Minnetonka maker of software for digital signs, said it will cut 35 jobs, or about 22 percent of its workforce, to trim costs. "This was a difficult decision, but one that we made to remain operationally strong," said Steve Birke, the company's interim CEO. Wireless Ronin said it will...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
CHICAGO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available at (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Morgan Stanley (NYSE: ), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: ), J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP),...
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Ameriprise Financial Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a loss in the third quarter, citing troubled credit-related investments in Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual securities. (AMP)
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Ameriprise Financial Inc. said late Wednesday that it swung to a third-quarter loss of $70 million, or 32 cents a share, from a profit of $237 million, or 99 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The company reported core operating earnings of $1.04 a share for the latest quarter. Revenue fell to $1.68 billion from $2.17 billion last year. Analysts surveyed...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
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The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Research firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on Wednesday downgraded its rating for Ameriprise Financial Inc., sending the company’s stock down by more than 10 percent. (AMP)
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
CHICAGO, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available at (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the (ENTER) key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: ), Monsanto Co. (NYSE: ), Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: ), Broadcom Corp....
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Ameriprise Financial Inc.’s pretax unrealized losses in its $25 billion investment portfolio increased by $585 million during the third quarter of 2008, the company said Wednesday.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Ameriprise Financial Inc. announced Wednesday that its exposure to Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and other mortgage-backed securities is expected to result in a $200 million to $225 million after-tax, realized investment loss -- or less than 1 percent of the company's investments. The Minneapolis-based financial planning and insurance company also said operating earnings will be negatively affected...
