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By Bill CoffinRemember Occupy Wall Street? Neither does anybody else.
January 19, 2012
Teamwork Makes Prospecting SeamlessNever underestimate the value of teamwork in this profession, especially when teamwork involves mentoring a young advisor.
January 19, 2012
Teamwork Makes Prospecting SeamlessNever underestimate the value of teamwork in this profession, especially when teamwork involves mentoring a young advisor.
January 19, 2012
The Stanford Ponzi Scheme: A Big, Black Eye for the SEC?Allen Stanford will soon go on trial for a Ponzi scheme. At least one critic believes it will give the SEC and FINRA a bigger black eye than Madoff.
January 19, 2012
How Health Reform Helps Treasury Cut Losses (CFO)While most financial executives are elbows-deep in compiling their 10-Ks right now, the Treasury Department delivered its latest annual report to Congress and the President just before Christmas, thanks to a September 30 fiscal year-end.
January 19, 2012
Doctors vs. Obamacare: Can Your Physician Simply ‘Opt-Out’? (Washington Times)The destruction of quality in the American medical system will not result from one isolated event.
January 19, 2012
Congress’s Six-Figure Benefits Add to $674 Billion U.S. Pension Shortfall (Bloomberg)Almost 15,000 federal retirees, including former leaders of Congress, a university president and a banker, are receiving six-figure pensions from a system that faces a $674.2 billion shortfall.
January 19, 2012
MetLife and Pru Square Off Over Contingent Deferred AnnuitiesUsually regulatory allies, MetLife and Prudential find themselves at odds over whether contingent deferred annuities should be formally classified as annuities or as financial guaranty insurance.