Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Calm before the stock market storm? Plus: Hedge fund investors inch toward the exits, the Fed sees low inflation while consumers live with higher prices, and Icahn goes after Family Dollar Stores with a vengeance
Regulator says $5 million of investor money lost in tenancy-in-common deals, $9 million siphoned off by principals
Plus: Deutsche Bank shows its hand with World Cup bets, Wall Street fines are a cash cow for the Treasury Dept., navigating Social Security before you retire, and eating at home gets pricey in a hurry.
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In a new comment letter, the industry group contends that the rule would create undue regulatory costs.
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Texas Tech University receives more than $6 million in annual software licenses for its next generation planners.
New fund is the first ETF to offer access to physical gold.
Supreme Court could agree to rule on one of many appeals cases by this summer, and largely clear things up.
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Charges against young trader are sign of prosecutor's willingness to treat high-tech knowledge as intellectual property.
All-seeing medical eye: Health care companies are buying big data to get a window into patients lives.
Cost of bringing in assets too high as actively managed funds are increasingly squeezed by competition.
Report on women investors finds they are closing the financial literacy gap fast, but remain behind men in terms of confidence and knowledge.
Finra has withdrawn its controversial proposal that would have required brokers to tell clients about recruitment incentives. The move took industry watchers by surprise; some expect the regulator to float a new proposal.
On the <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Inflation data could turn doves into hawks. Plus: Oil could get a lot pricier in a hurry, insider trading runs rampant and SIFMA cuts its economic outlook.
Massachusetts' chief securities regulator Wiliam Galvin has asked Congress to force 401(k) plan disclosures, ratcheting up pressure to force transparency in retirement accounts.
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