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TaxMasters, Inc. (OTC:TAXS) is an IRS tax relief company committed to helping clients with encounters with debt and tax problems. TAXS has made strong progress this year as the company continues to grow revenue and net income, as well as corresponding shareholder value. The largest growth driver for TaxMasters has been the increasing number of taxpayers who have issues dealing with the IRS and who are out of tax compliance. The recession and rising unemployment has increased the number of at-risk Americans, those who are most likely to have the severe financial difficulty that causes problems meeting IRS obligations.

Total operating expenses for the first quarter of 2010 were approximately $9.9 million, an increase of 62.9% compared to $6.1 million for the same period in 2009. For the first quarter of 2010, the company reported net income from operations of approximately $1.5 million, an increase of approximately 20% compared to approximately $1.2 million for the same period in 2009.

TAXS the IRS tax relief company, is the first publicly traded tax resolution firm in the United States. Started by Patrick R. Cox in 2001, TaxMasters offers services and counsel to taxpayers across the country facing seemingly insurmountable tax problems, and relief from substantial federal tax debt. Employing over 300 people, TaxMasters leverages the expertise of ex-IRS agents, enrolled agents, attorneys, CPAs, and seasoned tax consultants ready to counsel and assist every day people with their specific tax issues.

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has launched Checkpoint Learning, a fully integrated online offering for tax and accounting practitioners. This platform combines global research, training, and certification with course and credit-tracking capability for individuals and large groups. Checkpoint Learning, winner of Accounting Today’s 2010 Top New Learning Product, offers tax and accounting practitioners the most powerful tool for compliance and certification available today.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters recently announced a series of strategies that include providing a seamless layer of Web-based applications for all clients, to enable and empower accurate regulatory compliance. Checkpoint Learning is core to this strategy. By centralizing the learning, courseware, guidance, record-keeping, and compliance requirements onto a single online platform, Checkpoint Learning revolutionizes the user experience, by allowing tax and accounting professionals to receive updated legislative news, research a topic, complete related testing, and instantly determine compliance with Continuing Professional Education (CPE) licensing requirements, all on one integrated platform.

TRI is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people and operates in over 100 countries.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), recently reported that the company has honored six plan sponsors for redesigning their defined contribution retirement programs to assist plan participants in achieving a more secure retirement. This new retirement plans will cover Ply Gem Industries, the United Parcel Service (UPS), the State of North Carolina, Munters Corp, Bekaert Corp and EMC Insurance Companies. with this redesigned retirement plan Ply Gem has seen a 568 new enrollment participants in their 401 (k) plan. Ply Gem also added Prudential’s GoalMaker asset-allocation tool, a feature selected by 42 percent of plan members.

PRU a financial services leader with approximately $693 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2010, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century.

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TaxMasters, Inc. (OTC:TAXS), the IRS tax relief company and a leading provider of tax representation services, recently completed shooting a new television ad that will begin airing this fall.

TaxMasters television commercials are identifiable almost immediately. Featuring the founder and CEO, Patrick Cox, the typically 30-second spots deliver a direct and clear message to taxpayers who are experiencing difficulties with the IRS. The television ads have varied slightly over the years, but stick to the same core messaging delivered by the easily recognizable tax expert with a beard, Patrick Cox.

“TaxMasters has a strong presence on cable — not only because of its services, but because of its well-known spokesperson, Patrick Cox. Because it is a powerful way to reach potential clients, the company owns daytime advertising on cable for the tax representation industry,” said Roby Wilson, owner of MaXXimedia, the agency that produces TaxMasters ads and handles its media placement. “His messaging is clear and the appeal is simple. If you have a notice from the IRS, it’s serious and TaxMasters can help. The consistency of messaging has built incredible brand recognition for TaxMasters and face recognition for Patrick Cox. He can’t go anywhere without someone asking, ‘Hey, aren’t you that tax guy?’”

The new ad campaign will premier on major cable networks this fall. Wilson indicated that while the graphics and colors will change, the messaging will remain largely consistent with Cox’s original ads. MaXXimedia and TaxMasters are exploring new advertising concepts to debut in 2011.

“Since 2004, we’ve found that TV is a very effective channel for reaching our audience. Many taxpayers who find themselves in the IRS’ spotlight simply don’t know companies like TaxMasters exist until they see our ads,” said Alex Clamon, VP of Sales and Marketing with TaxMasters. “We’ll continue to reach out to them to provide a complete suite of tax relief, compliance and audit practices designed to help individuals and small businesses.”

About TaxMasters, Inc.

TaxMasters, Inc. (OTC:TAXS), the IRS tax relief company, is the first publicly traded tax representation firm in the United States. Started by Patrick R. Cox in 2001, TaxMasters offers a full suite of services and counsel to taxpayers across the country facing seemingly insurmountable tax problems, and relief from substantial federal tax debt. Tax services from TaxMasters include IRS consultations, tax return preparation, settlement analysis, and assistance with IRS automated collections, Revenue Officer involvement and collection due process.

Employing over 300 people, TaxMasters leverages the expertise of ex-IRS agents, enrolled agents, attorneys, CPAs, and seasoned tax consultants ready to counsel and assist every day people with their specific tax problems today.

For more information about TaxMasters, Inc. and its commitment to help taxpayers in the United States solve tax problems, please visit www.txmstr.com.

Follow TaxMasters on Twitter at http://twitter.com/gotaxmasters.

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NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF) recently reported that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock, payable with respect to the quarter ended June 30, 2010. The dividend is expected to be paid on Monday August 16, 2010 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 6, 2010. The Company’s common shares have begun trading ex-dividend on August 4, 2010.

NRF operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It invests in real estate debt business, which acquires, originates, and structures debt investments secured primarily by income-producing real estate properties; real estate securities business that invests in commercial real estate debt securities, including commercial mortgage backed securities, REIT unsecured debt, and credit tenant loans; and net lease properties business, which acquires properties that are primarily net leased to corporate tenants.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), recently reported that the company has honored six plan sponsors for redesigning their defined contribution retirement programs to assist plan participants in achieving a more secure retirement. This new retirement plans will cover Ply Gem Industries, the United Parcel Service (UPS), the State of North Carolina, Munters Corp, Bekaert Corp and EMC Insurance Companies. with this redesigned retirement plan Ply Gem has seen a 568 new enrollment participants in their 401 (k) plan. Ply Gem also added Prudential’s GoalMaker asset-allocation tool, a feature selected by 42 percent of plan members.

PRU a financial services leader with approximately $693 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2010, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century.

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TaxMasters, Inc. (OTC BB:TAXS) filed a recent report on Form 8-K to announce that Patrick Cox, its founder, CEO and majority shareholder, voluntarily entered into a Financial Reorganization Agreement in which Mr. Cox deposited 200 million shares of his TaxMasters common stock with TaxMasters’ transfer agent, Olde Monmouth Stock Transfer Co., Inc. These shares will be held in escrow by Olde Monmouth for a five year period ending June 30, 2015. During that time, Mr. Cox has waived his right to vote the escrowed shares and he has also waived his right to receive any dividends or other distributions by TaxMasters with respect to the escrowed shares. As a result of Mr. Cox’s voluntary escrow of shares, there are now 139,676,105 shares of common stock that can be voted or can receive dividends or other distributions. The 139,676,105 shares will also be the number of shares used to calculate earnings per share for TaxMasters financial statements.

TAXS, the IRS tax relief company, is the first publicly traded tax representation firm in the United States. Started by Patrick R. Cox in 2001, TaxMasters offers services and counsel to taxpayers across the country facing seemingly insurmountable tax problems, and relief from substantial federal tax debt.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) recently reported that Chicago commercial banking veteran Bob Kastenholz has joined the company as a senior vice president and regional manager. Kastenholz now oversees a Wells Fargo Regional Commercial Banking Office (RCBO) in Chicago that serves middle-market companies with revenues in excess of $20 million. Previously, Kastenholz worked 25 years for Chicago’s LaSalle National Bank, now Bank of America, where he was a senior vice president and market executive in the Commercial Banking Group, serving Midwest clients.

WFC is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.2 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 10,000 banking stores, 12,000 ATMs, the Internet, and other distribution channels across North America and internationally. With more than 278,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in America.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), recently reported that the company has honored six plan sponsors for redesigning their defined contribution retirement programs to assist plan participants in achieving a more secure retirement. This new retirement plans will cover Ply Gem Industries, the United Parcel Service (UPS), the State of North Carolina, Munters Corp, Bekaert Corp and EMC Insurance Companies. with this redesigned retirement plan Ply Gem has seen a 568 new enrollment participants in their 401 (k) plan. Ply Gem also added Prudential’s GoalMaker asset-allocation tool, a feature selected by 42 percent of plan members.

PRU a financial services leader with approximately $693 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2010, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century.

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TaxMasters Inc. (OTC BB:TAXS) is an IRS tax relief company committed to to helping clients with encounters with debt and tax problems. TAXS has made strong progress this year as the company continues to grow revenue and net income, as well as corresponding shareholder value. The largest growth driver for TaxMasters has been the increasing number of taxpayers who have issues dealing with the IRS and who are out of tax compliance. The recession and rising unemployment has increased the number of at-risk Americans, those who are most likely to have the severe financial difficulty that causes problems meeting IRS obligations.

Total operating expenses for the first quarter of 2010 were approximately $9.9 million, an increase of 62.9% compared to $6.1 million for the same period in 2009. For the first quarter of 2010, the company reported net income from operations of approximately $1.5 million, an increase of approximately 20% compared to approximately $1.2 million for the same period in 2009.

TAXS the IRS tax relief company, is the first publicly traded tax resolution firm in the United States. Started by Patrick R. Cox in 2001, TaxMasters offers services and counsel to taxpayers across the country facing seemingly insurmountable tax problems, and relief from substantial federal tax debt. Employing over 300 people, TaxMasters leverages the expertise of ex-IRS agents, enrolled agents, attorneys, CPAs, and seasoned tax consultants ready to counsel and assist every day people with their specific tax issues.

For more information please visit http://www.txmstr.com

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), recently reported that the company has honored six plan sponsors for redesigning their defined contribution retirement programs to assist plan participants in achieving a more secure retirement. This new retirement plans will cover Ply Gem Industries, the United Parcel Service (UPS), the State of North Carolina, Munters Corp, Bekaert Corp and EMC Insurance Companies. with this redesigned retirement plan Ply Gem has seen a 568 new enrollment participants in their 401 (k) plan. Ply Gem also added Prudential’s GoalMaker asset-allocation tool, a feature selected by 42 percent of plan members.

PRU a financial services leader with approximately $693 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2010, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century.

For more information please visit http://www.news.prudential.com

Securities (NASDAQ:TRAD) recently reported for the 2010 second quarter net revenues of $36.1 million, net income of $3.5 million, and earnings per share of 9 cents, compared to 2009 second quarter net revenues of $35.2 million, net income of $4.7 million, and earnings per share of 11 cents. Included in 2010 second quarter net revenues are $1.4 million in “mark-to-market” unrealized gains on TradeStation Securities’ U.S. Treasury portfolio. Excluding the $1.4 million of unrealized gains, the company would have had 2010 second quarter net revenues of $34.7 million, net income of $2.7 million, and earnings per share (diluted) of 7 cents.[1] Management believes that excluding the unrealized gains provides investors with a more accurate view of the results of the company’s operations.

In the second quarter TRAD bought nearly 500,000 shares of it’s common stock pursuant to its stock buy-back plan for a total purchase price of $3.8 million. Under the stock buy back plan over a 4 year period the company is authorized to buy up to $60 million of its common stocks. Pursuant to the plan, up to $1,250,000 of company cash per month during each month of the 4-year period has been authorized to be used to purchase company shares at prevailing prices

TRAD offers the TradeStation platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. TradeStation is an electronic trading platform that offers state-of-the-art electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom Equities, Options, Futures and Forex trading strategies.

For more information please visit http://www.tradestation.com

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TaxMasters, Inc. (OTC BB:TAXS) filed a recent report on Form 8-K to announce that Patrick Cox, its founder, CEO and majority shareholder, voluntarily entered into a Financial Reorganization Agreement in which Mr. Cox deposited 200 million shares of his TaxMasters common stock with TaxMasters’ transfer agent, Olde Monmouth Stock Transfer Co., Inc. These shares will be held in escrow by Olde Monmouth for a five year period ending June 30, 2015. During that time, Mr. Cox has waived his right to vote the escrowed shares and he has also waived his right to receive any dividends or other distributions by TaxMasters with respect to the escrowed shares. As a result of Mr. Cox’s voluntary escrow of shares, there are now 139,676,105 shares of common stock that can be voted or can receive dividends or other distributions. The 139,676,105 shares will also be the number of shares used to calculate earnings per share for TaxMasters financial statements.

TAXS, the IRS tax relief company, is the first publicly traded tax representation firm in the United States. Started by Patrick R. Cox in 2001, TaxMasters offers services and counsel to taxpayers across the country facing seemingly insurmountable tax problems, and relief from substantial federal tax debt.

For more information please visit http://www.txmstr.com

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), recently reported that the company has honored six plan sponsors for redesigning their defined contribution retirement programs to assist plan participants in achieving a more secure retirement. This new retirement plans will cover Ply Gem Industries, the United Parcel Service (UPS), the State of North Carolina, Munters Corp, Bekaert Corp and EMC Insurance Companies. with this redesigned retirement plan Ply Gem has seen a 568 new enrollment participants in their 401 (k) plan. Ply Gem also added Prudential’s GoalMaker asset-allocation tool, a feature selected by 42 percent of plan members.

PRU a financial services leader with approximately $693 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2010, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century.

For more information please visit http://www.news.prudential.com

America First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P. (Nasdaq:ATAX) recently reported that the company has raised approximately $41.8 million in net proceeds from an underwritten public offering of Beneficial Ownership Units to provide funding for new investments. Recent credit and real estate market conditions have created significant investment opportunities which the Company intends to aggressively pursue.

ATAX formed for the primary purpose of acquiring, holding, selling and otherwise dealing with a portfolio of federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing of multifamily residential apartments.

For more information please visit http://www.ataxz.com

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