Ambrose Bierce, the famous American journalist, defined the word "oath" as a "solemn appeal to the deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury."
Washington Mutual Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting April 15 will be no love fest.
In this election year, no one is discussing the elephant-in-the-room problem that is devouring an ever-larger share of the nation's federal budget — Medicare.
Companies holding auction-rate securities have a new escape option: an emerging secondary market for trading the now-illiquid instruments.
Due to a technical error, an old story about Robert R. Carter stepping down from his role as president of NFP Insurance Services Inc., ran in today's INDaily.
U.S. consumer sentiment has slipped to its lowest level since 1992, according to a University of Michigan/Reuters survey.
Cheaper gas prices were a major reason the consumer price index was unchanged in February.
Jackson National Life reported today a 14% earnings increase and $4.1 billion in revenue for 2007.
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the vice chairman of the International Securities Exchange and two financial consultants with alleged insider trading.
"it looks to me, [recession is] what we're in right now, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO James Dimon said.
With gas prices soaring and the economy struggling, retail sales slid 0.6% in February.
Estimated sales of book value annuities totaled $6.9 billion, while sales of indexed annuities totaled $6.3 billion.
The U.S. trade deficit inched up in January, according to the Department of Commerce.
Over the past six months, I have done extensive research on the best ways to draw down assets to create retirement income, including looking at the effect of taxes on that process.
The following is an edited transcript of the round-table discussion.
Financial advisory firms have evolved from home-based businesses, to one-man shows, to full-fledged, thriving enterprises with multiple professionals and sometimes many staff members.
The SEC's proposed changes to Regulation S-P may slow down recruiting of independent reps, but executives with independent broker-dealers nonetheless are relieved that the agency has given some potential guidance on the issue.
Farm product sales jumped 16.1% for January and 73.3% from the year-ago period.
Two tax reform issues are likely to collide over the coming months, and the fallout could be painful for high-income taxpayers.
