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The World Bank and the United Nations Population Fund warned on Tuesday that family planning and other reproductive health programs vital to poor women had fallen off the development radar of many low-income and donor country governments and international aid agencies.

  Grand Forks-based Alerus Financial is buying the retirement plan practice of Fargo-based Eide Bailly, the company said Monday in a press release. This would expand the amount of customer assets under management to $6 billion.   10% Off All Residential Doors & Openers OVERHEAD DOOR – Ends Jul 28, 2009

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke hired three former Census Bureau officials to assess potential problems as the government waits for confirmation of President Obama’s nominee for census director.

Alterna Savings and its subsidiary Alterna Bank have selected the Qtrade Financial Group as their new partner for comprehensive wealth management services, including securities dealer, mutual fund dealer, investment and insurance services, Alterna said Tuesday.

The City of Mercer Island is fully compliant under government auditing standards and has received “unqualified”

NEW YORK A column on planning for retirement has appeared in several newspapers around the country this month — under different bylines and little change from one to the other.

NEW YORK Zurich Financial Services Group has named WPP’s Mindshare to manage its media account effective immediately, the client has confirmed.

Climate change campaigners who hijacked a power station coal train were accused today of planning to turn their trial into a second public protest on energy policy and global warming.

DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new report “Financial Modelling in Python” to their offering.