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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 24, 2009
Making the most of retirement advisory board meetings

Retirement advisory boards can be invaluable to your business, but the fastest way to make them fail is to make them all about you.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2009
Alzheimer's patient costs 3X those of other seniors

Health care costs of Alzheimer's disease are at least $33,007 annually per patient, compared with $10,603 for an older person without Alzheimer's, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Alzheimer's Association.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 24, 2009
Fed and Treasury chief to get grilled on AIG

The Federal Reserve's chairman and the secretary of the treasury are making a rare joint appearance at a congressional hearing, to take a scolding over AIG.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2009
House wrestles with adviser conflicts of interest issues

Only advisers who are independent of mutual funds, brokerage firms, insurance companies and other entities that sell financial products could give advice on individual retirement accounts if House Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Rob Andrews, D-N.J., has his way.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 24, 2009
Home prices post 6.3% annual decline in January

A government report says U.S. home prices fell 6.3 percent in January from the same month last year.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2009
Chamber of Commerce: No to auto-retirement plans

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest employer advocacy group, has made it clear where it stands on President Obama’s proposal to create automatic retirement plans in every workplace: nice try, but no thanks.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 23, 2009
Hennessy adds large-caps to lineup

Hennessy Advisors Inc. today launched two large-cap funds after acquiring the assets of two funds with combined assets of $158 million from Voyageur Asset Management Inc.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 23, 2009
Vanguard ups expense ratios for 29 funds

Reacting to asset declines from the market downturn, The Vanguard Group Inc. is increasing expense ratios.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 23, 2009
February existing home sales rise unexpectedly

Sales of previously occupied homes jumped in February by the largest amount in nearly six years as first-time buyers took advantage of deep discounts on foreclosures and other distressed properties.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 23, 2009
Administration seeks to free frozen credit markets

The Obama administration launched a new effort Monday to end a paralysis in lending, saying it will team with investors to sop up a half-trillion dollars of bad assets from banks that have been reluctant to make loans to consumers and companies.