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Insurer Responds To Rating Agency
By Staff WriterProtective Life Corp. says it believes it is doing a good job of addressing the current economic challenges.Protective, Birmingham, Ala., issued a statement about its ...
October 01, 2008
Greenspan's LegacyA newspaper story once alleged that some traders at a Wall Street brokerage house had a shrine dedicated to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, in...
July 16, 2008
Mail campaigns that actually workHow often are you in contact with your clients? Three or four times a year? Do you put all your clients into the same contact campaign? Did you know that even a low volume contact campaign should include 10 or more points of contact each year? And
July 01, 2008
Assimilation NationProponents of cultural diversity may be unhappy to learn that many of the nearly 40 million U.S. immigrants are already on the road to assimilation....
June 11, 2008
Economy looks better on paperAt a time like this, statements of optimism have us holding our breath. In his remarks to a Boston Fed conference in Massachusetts, Fed Chairman...
June 09, 2008
The economic impact of U.S. baby boomers (it ain't pretty)We want to call attention to a new report from McKinsey Global Institute, the academic arm of McKinsey & Co. The numbers are new, but...
June 01, 2008
Behind the Numbers with Sam StovallDuring a Webinar in late April, Sam Stovall, S&P's chief economic strategist, discussed the equity market outlook. Stovall believes that from economic, fundamental, technical, and...
June 01, 2008
Thirty QuestionsWelcome to Research magazine's 30th anniversary issue! As noted in this space last month, you will find no boring retrospectives or nostalgia about the 1970s...