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IRI, SIFMA and FSR Rip Fiduciary Standard
By Arthur D. PostalThree financial services industry trade groups are signaling to the Department of Labor (DOL) that they will fight tooth-and-nail to sustain the current exemption of the sale of retirement investment products from a fiduciary standard.
March 02, 2012
Camp Asks Geithner About PPACA Tax Subsidy BudgetThe Ways and Means chairman says he is still waiting for answers about what looks like a $111 billion increase.
March 02, 2012
Camp Asks Geithner About PPACA Tax Subsidy BudgetThe Ways and Means chairman says he is still waiting for answers about what looks like a $111 billion increase.
March 02, 2012
Illinois May Tighten LTC AccessSeniors who are incontinent and can no longer prepare meals may no longer qualify for help at home.
March 02, 2012
System May Detect Brain Fiber ProblemsUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers hope to make "invisible" damage easier for doctors to see.
March 02, 2012
System May Detect Brain Fiber ProblemsUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers hope to make "invisible" damage easier for doctors to see.
March 02, 2012
Study: Banks that Offer Insurance and Investments are More ProfitableHouseholds that buy investments and insurance where they bank are among a retail financial institution's most profitable and desirable customers, according to a new study.
March 01, 2012
Obama Makes a Play for Scalia (Politico)The Obama administration is courting the Supreme Court's conservative judges, hoping to save health care reform.