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  9 Philanthropists Join Buffett-Gates Giving Pledge Initiative

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  May 9, 2013

  Nine more ultrawealthy families, including two from outside the U.S., have pledged half their wealth to charity.

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  529 College Savings Plans: Never Too Late to Start

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 8, 2013

  Late college saving is better than no college saving, says WSJ's Rosenthal.

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  12 Non-U.S. Investors Who Pledged Half Their Wealth to Charity

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  February 25, 2013

  Billionaire families from eight countries have joined the Giving Pledge started in 2010 by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

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  Top 10 Most Regressive Tax States

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  February 5, 2013

  In the states whose tax systems most favor high earners, low-income families pay up to six times as high a share of their income as the wealthiest families, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

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  Top 10 States With Most & Fewest Millionaires

  By Michael S. Fischer, AdvisorOne  |  January 7, 2013

  Rankings by Phoenix Global Wealth Monitor show some surprising findings on which states have the most millionaires.

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  Hurricane Sandy: What Comes Next? A Roundup

  By PropertyCasualty360  |  November 5, 2012

  The winds and storm surges of Hurricane Sandy may have died down, but the long slog of sorting out the damage has just begun. Here are some perspectives from our sister site, PropertyCasualty360, on what comes next.

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  Nothing Personal: Insurance for Protecting Your Assets

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

  Personal guarantee insurance (PGI) provides business owners the opportunity to protect a percentage of personal assets even if they are signing a personal guarantee for a business loan.

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  3 States Join Suit Challenging a Part of Dodd-Frank’s Constitutionality

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 21, 2012

  Three states joined a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., that asked the court to review the constitutionality of the Orderly Liquidation Authority, established under Dodd-Frank.

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  New Hire Roundup: Putnam Adds Three; Wagner Retires From BlackRock, Joins Board

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 27, 2012

  This week in new hires, David Scheetz, Edward Deeds and James Axford joined Putnam Investments; and Susan Wagner retired as vice chairwoman of BlackRock and was named to its board.

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  10 Best Tax States for Small Business

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2012

  Looking for the best tax states for a business start-up? The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council releases its business tax index for 2012.