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  Why Entrepreneurs Love Dallas and Hate L.A.

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2012

  A survey conducted by Thumbtack, a website that helps consumers get bids from local handymen, yoga instructors and even financial advisors, provides data from local entrepreneurs themselves.

• Creating a Future-Ready Natural Gas Industry Now

  By Lawrence T Borgard  |  April 25, 2012

  My top priority for this year as chairman of the American Gas Association (AGA) is ensuring that our customers, regulators and elected officials are confident in our ability to safely deliver our product.

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  Top 10 Cheapest States for Long-Term Care Costs: 2012

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2012

  With costs for care rising at a rapid pace for assisted living facilities and private rooms in nursing homes, it’s more important than ever to know which states are the most affordable when planning retirement.

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  Wave of New Bank Failures Predicted

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 2, 2012

  An analysis of the nation’s FDIC-insured banks has identified 758 banks at risk of failure over the next two years, while administrative innovation at the FDIC should result in the orderly failure of larger banks previously thought too big to fail.

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  Top 10 Worst States for Workers in Retirement Plans

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2012

  The Employee Benefit Research Institute uncovered a disturbing trend—well, disturbing to anyone who hopes to retire someday.

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  Top 10 Dumbest States for Financial IQ

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian and Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 14, 2011

  A study by the nonpartisan EBRI shows the difference in financial literacy and behavior for each state and Washington, D.C. To determine which states had the lowest financial IQ, AdvisorOne added each states’ ranking in the two categories and, like golf, the highest scores lost.

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  Mary Schapiro and the Strange Case of ‘Business-Model Neutral’

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  December 13, 2011

  Here's a thought. What if all our laws and regulations were 'business-model neutral,' like our drug and gun laws?

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  Social Security Reform Proposal From 2010 Gets Second Look

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  December 7, 2011

  Following the supercommittee’s failure to make recommendations on how to reduce the deficit, the Urban Institute released on Monday a paper analyzing the potential effects of the Commission’s recommendations should they be enacted.

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  New Hire Roundup: NAIBD Adds Two to Board; Former RBC Team Goes to JHS

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 30, 2011

  This week in new hires, the National Association of Independent Broker-Dealers made two additions to its board of directors; a wealth management team formerly of RBC moved over to JHS Capital Advisors; and Direxion named a new mid-south senior sales director.

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  Top Tips for Effective Client Newsletters

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 19, 2011

  “When it comes to staying in touch with clients, many financial advisors swear by the simple, age-old dictum: publish or perish,” writes Charles Passy in The Wall Street Journal.