New Hampshire

• 

  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.

• 

  10 Worst Tax States for Small Business

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2012

  “All taxes matter, whether imposed at the federal, state or local level of government,” says SBE Chief Economist Raymond Keating in his introduction to the 2012 small business tax report.

• 

  Top 10 Most Expensive States for Long-Term Care Costs: 2012

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

  Those anticipating a need for LTC might want to steer clear of these states if they want to keep costs down.

• Christie’s Path

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  April 25, 2012

  New Jersey’s Gov. Chris Christie is a rising star in Republican national politics.

• 

  MetLife’s Landmark Unclaimed Property Settlement Could Approach $700 Million

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  April 24, 2012

  The MetLife Insurance Cos. multi-agency agreement on unpaid life and annuity policies and the reporting of unclaimed property is a landmark agreement, according to NAIC President and Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty.

• 

  Top 10 Biggest College Savings Plans

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  Total 529 savings plan assets topped $144 billion at the end of 2011, a 7.3% increase from the third quarter, according to Financial Research Corp.

• 

  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.

• 

  New Hire Roundup: Oliner, Kleinke Join AEI; Bozek Advances at Prudential

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

  This week in new hires, Stephen Oliner and JD Kleinke went to AEI; Joan Bozek was promoted at Prudential Retirement; Steven McKay and Joseph Kaplan went to Putnam Investments.

• 

  How to Capitalize on the ‘January Effect’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2012

  Renewed optimism that drives resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking and save money also affects market performance, according to Stephen Ciccone, a professor of finance at the University of New Hampshire.

• 

  Top Portfolio Products: Granite Launches Value Fund, Knight Capital Adds Two Astor ETFs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 27, 2011

  New products introduced over the last week include a new value fund from Granite Investment Advisors and two new ETF mutual funds from Knight Capital; the adoption of a FTSE benchmark by Vanguard for one of its funds; and the addition of more tools to its active trading platform by...