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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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  CFPB Architect Elizabeth Warren to Run for U.S. Senate

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 14, 2011

  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) architect Elizabeth Warren will officially announce a Democratic run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts.

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  Senators at Odds Over Cordray’s CFPB Nomination

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 6, 2011

  Members of the Senate Banking Committee were at odds on Tuesday as to whether Richard Cordray is qualified to be the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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  Older Workers in Labor Force Is Highest in 35 Years

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 3, 2011

  More Americans close to or beyond retirement age are staying in the work force. The so-called labor-force participation rate reached 40.2% for older workers in 2010, the highest level over the 1975–2010 period, according to new data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

• Obama Bypasses Warren for CFPB, Naming Cordray

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 18, 2011

  After many months of speculation over who President Barack Obama might choose to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that Elizabeth Warren set up, the wait is over. On Sunday, Obama chose former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to take the top spot.

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  Advisors & Social Media: Don't Act Like Ashton Kutcher, Expert Says

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 31, 2011

  As Morgan Stanley and the other wirehouses enact social-media policies, the firms and their advisors need to remain conservative

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  GAO Gives Thumbs-Down to U.S. Financial Statements (for the 14th Time)

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 23, 2010

  Government Accounting Office can’t issue an opinion due to issues at Defense, Homeland Security and Labor departments

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  Sens. Landrieu, Baucus Introduce Bill to Repeal Form 1099 Small Business Requirement

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 18, 2010

  The Small Business Administration: the cost of tax compliance for small firms is 67% higher than for their larger counterparts.

• Senate Passes Landmark Financial Services Reform Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 15, 2010

  The Senate passed Thursday, July 15, the massive 2,300-page financial services reform bill; the bill now goes to President Obama for his signature, which is expected in the coming days.

• SENATE PASSES LANDMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES REFORM BILL

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 15, 2010

  Bill heads for President Obama's signature; the $19 billion Wall Street reform will be covered by ending the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and by charging an extra premium to large banks by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC).