Street talk: Sample of investment advisory newsletters (The Kansas City Star) - “While abstinence from the nightly dose of Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” is not a supreme sacrifice, the head-in-the sand solution to short-term volatility is probably not a realistic option for most investors.”

First Quadrant selects SimCorp Dimension as enterprise solution (Computer Business Review) - SimCorp, a provider of software for financial sector, has signed First Quadrant, a US-based investment management firm, as a client. First Quadrant will use SimCorp’s integrated software solution, SimCorp Dimension, for back office operations for its investments.

Briger biotech payoff seen in distant future (The Palm Beach Post) - Now that the cat's out of the bag on plans to turn the 683-acre Briger tract into than 4 million square feet of biotech space, one wonders just who is going to take all that room.

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Newsletters & Research: June's swoon, second half's boon? (Market Watch) - Investors fresh from suffering through the Dow Jones Industrial Average's third-worst June in the index's history may be wondering what they can expect for the remainder of the year. Unfortunately, market history does not seem to offer much in the way of guidance.

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PNGI Terminates Merger Agreement (BloodHorse) - Penn National Gaming Inc. has entered into an agreement with PNG Acquisition Co., an entity indirectly owned by certain funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC and Centerbridge Partners, L.P., to terminate the proposed merger agreement whereby PNGI was to be acquired by PNG Acquisition Co. for $67 per share, the company said July 3.

BullMarket.com Offers Investment Opinion on Copper Stocks (Centre Daily Times) - BullMarket.com (http://www.bullmarket.com), an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, announced today that it has provided subscribers with reports on copper stocks, including Freeport McMoRan(NYSE: FCX), Southern Copper(NYSE: PCU), Encore Wire(Nasdaq: WIRE), and Madeco S.A.(NYSE: MAD), among others.

Mark Hulbert: Tips for beating inflation (Market Watch) - So let’s say you believe, along with most of the investment newsletters I monitor, that inflation is going to become even more of a problem in the future. How do you profit from that belief?