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  The 2012 IA 25

  By Editorial Staff  |  April 24, 2012

  Some people ride a wave and some people, like the honorees of the 10th annual IA 25, create a wave.

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  Robert Reich: Dallas Fed Says Break Up Big Banks

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 4, 2012

  If the big U.S. banks aren’t broken up, taxpayers will have to pay for another Wall Street bailout—and that’s the prediction of the Dallas Fed, says Robert Reich in a blog post.

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  The Third Choice

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  March 26, 2012

  Americans Elect is an organization that aims to provide an alternative to the Democratic and Republican candidates in this year’s presidential elections.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian Defends Eastwood in Ad Controversy

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 13, 2012

  While he isn’t exactly Clyde from “Every Which Way but Loose,” PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian is sticking by Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood and the controversy surrounding Eastwood’s “Halftime in America” Super Bowl advertisement.

• 'Harry Potter' Star Supports Higher Taxes for Wealthy

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2012

  Move over, Wizard of Omaha. You’ve got company–the Wizard of Little Whinging. Actor Daniel Radcliffe, best known for his portrayal of wizard Harry Potter, has come out in favor of taxing the wealthy, himself included.

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  Downgrades Hit Europe; PIMCO’s Gross Sees Greek Default

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 16, 2012

  Friday the 13th turned out to be very unlucky indeed for the euro zone, as Standard & Poor's downgraded nine countries in the bloc, including triple-A rated France and Austria, and put 14 of the 17 countries on negative outlook.

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  Dutch Pension Plan Blacklists Walmart

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 6, 2012

  The largest pension fund in the Netherlands, Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds, with more than $300 billion in assets, has washed its hands of Walmart, divesting itself of shares in its longtime investment and citing the company's poor labor practices and anti-union position as its reasons.

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  Boehner Urges House to Scuttle Payroll Tax Cut Deal

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 19, 2011

  A bipartisan negotiated two-month extension of payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits, passed by the Senate on Saturday, looks doomed to fail if House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, follows through with his insistence that the House vote it down late Monday.

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  Morgan Stanley CFO: Raise Taxes on Wealthy

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 5, 2011

  The U.S. cannot cut its "way to greatness," says Ruth Porat at a New York conference.

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  EU Plans to Shake Up Ratings Agencies

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2011

  A new draft law unveiled Tuesday by the European Union angered ratings agencies Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch, although according to Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier it is designed to inject competition into the sector, currently dominated by the 'big three.'