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  • March 19, 2007

AXA: Most sales made via third parties

Your March 5 article “Insurers said to steer reps to in-house wares” focused on claims that insurers with…

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  • March 19, 2007

A warm FPA reception for revised CFP code

A revision of the Certified Financial Planner Code of Ethics is an improvement on the previous proposal, but…

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  • March 12, 2007

CFP Board backtracks on fiduciary stance

In an apparent reversal, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. on Friday said that all certificants…

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Shareholders should vote on exec pay

Shareholders, who are understandably fed up with outrageous executive-pay packages and underperforming companies, may soon get a voice.

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Hedge fund industry’s unease with media is all too obvious

For more proof of the hedge fund industry’s uneasy relationship with the media, consider last week’s inaugural Connecticut…

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  • March 12, 2007

New hires

Sentinel Financial Services Co. Inc. in Montpelier, Vt., has hired Jim Cronin as president. Sentinel Asset Management Inc.,…

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  • March 6, 2007

Deal in works on minimum wage, small-biz tax breaks

House and Senate negotiators are working toward reconciling their differing versions of legislation that increases the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour from $5.15 and extends tax breaks to small businesses.

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  • March 6, 2007

Another AMT relief bill floated

Another bill aiming to rein in the effect of the alternative minimum tax was introduced last month. HR 1112, introduced by Rep. Thomas Reynolds, R-N.Y., would extend relief from the tax for 2007.

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  • March 6, 2007

Social Security accounts sought

A House bill introduced last month revives past congressional efforts to create private Social Security accounts for workers.

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  • March 6, 2007

Bill would create long-term-care accounts

A bill to create long-term-care trust accounts was introduced last month.