Bush administration

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  House Takes Up Senate’s Fiscal Cliff Bill

  By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press  |  January 1, 2013

  Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate.

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  Treasury Sells Remaining AIG Shares, Profiting From Bailout

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 12, 2012

  The Treasury Department on Tuesday sold its remaining 16% of AIG common shares for $7.6 billion, putting an end to the government’s 50-month shotgun financial tryst with the global insurer.

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  President Romney’s Cabinet: Who Would He Choose?

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 25, 2012

  If Gov. Romney wins the election, his Cabinet will take a very different direction on economic policy than Obama’s. Here are some of the choices to head those key posts.

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  For Advisors and Their Clients, Does It Matter Who’s President?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2012

  A look back at the last five presidents and their policies' effects on advisors and their clients, with implications for Obama-Romney.

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  ‘Antichrist’ at SEC, Dimon, Bush Among Villains of Financial Crisis: Tavakoli

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2012

  To Wall Street scourge Janet Tavakoli, the list of financial-crisis villains still evading responsibility is not short and includes, to name a few, Jamie Dimon, Jon Corzine, Tim Geithner, Mary Schapiro, George W. Bush, President Obama and the financial media.

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  The Hartford Sells VA Business to Forethought

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 27, 2012

  The Hartford has sold its variable annuity marketing business as part of its effort to reduce its role in the life insurance business.

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  News Analysis: Has the Crisis Doomed the U.S. to Decline?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 17, 2012

  Kwasi Kwarteng, a member of the British Parliament, makes the case that the financial crisis and America’s debt problem signal the end of American empire.

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  JOBS Act Is Dangerously Flawed Product of a Rush to Legislate

  By Jack Herstein, NASAA  |  March 23, 2012

  Congress and the White House are sacrificing investor protection for politics and are in danger of repeating a legislative mistake that has allowed promoters of fraudulent securities offerings to steal millions of dollars from investors since 1996.

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  The Hartford Exiting Life, Annuity Business, Exploring Sale of BD Woodbury

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2012

  The Hartford says it plans to concentrate on its mutual fund and property and casualty operations.

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  Dick Cheney Criticizes Obama, Defends Record: TD Ameritrade Conference

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 3, 2012

  TD Ameritrade Institutional President Tom Bradley sat with former Vice President Dick Cheney at the company’s annual conference Friday for an interview largely centered on foreign policy.