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CFP Board Chairman Goldfarb’s Resignation Raises Questions
By Melanie WaddellIt was an unexpectedand shockingannouncement: Alan Goldfarb, chair of the CFP Boards board of directors, resigned in early November along with two members of the Boards Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (DEC).
November 15, 2012
CFP Board Names Aikin, 2 Others to Board of DirectorsThe CFP Board announced Thursday that it had elected three new directors to the Board of Directors at its Fall 2012 meeting: Blaine F. Aikin, Arthur Laby and Thomas Nelson.
November 14, 2012
Rogoff and Reinhart’s Mountain of Debt Warning Catches FireAs market talk focuses on the dangers of the U.S. fiscal cliff, Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinharts debt theory is catching fire with the nations investment strategists.
November 14, 2012
How Tim Geithner can dodge the next debt crisisHow will the government pay its bills if the U.S. goes over the fiscal cliff?
November 13, 2012
Greece Gets Two More Years to Hit Deficit TargetsInternational Monetary Fund Director Christine Lagarde protested the extension of the deadline for Greece to cut its debt to a sustainable level to 2022, saying that the target date has to be 2020.
November 13, 2012
Big political divide on proposals to raise taxes on wealthyAs Democrats and Republicans approach the bargaining table to contend with the fiscal cliff, how much more will the wealthy be expected to pay?
November 09, 2012
Occupy Wall Street campaigners buy-up debt to abolish itOccupiers spend $500 cash on $14,000 worth of outstanding loanson purpose.
November 08, 2012
These Economic Gurus Are Hopping Mad Over Obama’s VictoryMarc Faber, Peter Schiff and Charles Biderman slam Obama, while Nouriel Roubini lauds "a major defeat of Tea Party freaks."