The Marty McFly solution
By David A. SaltzmanIn the 1985 movie "Back to the Future," Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) modifies a DeLorean DMC-12, so when it reaches 88 miles per hour, it becomes a time machine.
December 15, 2010
What about life settlements?In this industry we are constantly bombarded with statistics of all sorts. Quarterly annuity sales figures; demographics of long-term care insurance purchasers; percentages of boomers "unprepared" for retirement; and so on. It can get mind-numbing.
December 15, 2010
Help stamp out BADDoes your firm have a Business Avoidance Department? I run across BADs all the time.
December 15, 2010
Did Rep. Spencer Bachus Really Say That?Just a day after being elected to chair the House Financial Services Committee, Bachus says that "...Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks."
December 15, 2010
FINRA’s Approach to RIA Regulation: If You Can’t Beat ‘em, Test ‘em.FINRA’s initiative on RIAs is a step toward its goal of adding independent advisors to its stable of regulation
December 14, 2010
Health care law found unconstitutionalAh, history has a way of repeating itself, yes? As we saw in its endless lobbying and eventual vote tally earlier this year, the sweeping health care overhaul has boiled down to a good, old-fashioned political fight.
December 14, 2010
Great Recession: Pay May Be StabilizingAon Hewitt is seeing signs that U.S. company compensation budgets may be starting to recover from the effects of the recent economic crisis.
December 14, 2010
Health care law found unconstitutionalAh, history has a way of repeating itself, yes? As we saw in its endless lobbying and eventual vote tally earlier this year, the sweeping health care overhaul has boiled down to a good, old-fashioned political fight.
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