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  Record Pension Gap Threatens 2013 Company Earnings: Mercer

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 4, 2013

  Falling interest rates were the cause of pension plans’ losses despite overall annual asset growth of approximately 16% in the stock market.

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  Japan’s Softbank to Snap Up 70% of Sprint

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 15, 2012

  A domestic market in decline has prompted it to look elsewhere for growth, and the U.S. has become its target.

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  Top 25 ‘Heroic’ U.S. Companies That Invest in U.S.

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 13, 2012

  The Progressive Policy Institute released its list of companies that are “betting on America” by making significant domestic capital expenditures.

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  How to Become a Retirement Advisor

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 27, 2012

  Bill Kantner had the kind of problem most advisors only dream of: 90 prospects from the same company were ready to retire and he needed a way to support their needs. Zachary Parker of Securities America had a solution.

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  Top 10 Technology Trends for Advisors and Their Partners, Pt. 2: Increasing Technological Capability

  By Spenser Segal, ActiFi  |  April 24, 2012

  Cheaper storage, more and faster processing power and greater bandwidth and communications speeds will—and are—affecting your businesses now.

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  LGBTQ Groups Received $771M in U.S. Foundation Grants Over 40 Years

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  February 24, 2012

  In 2010, 318 organizations donated $97 million in support of LGBTQ issues and organizations, the report said.

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  Top Portfolio Products: MassMutual Selected for Taft-Hartley Plan

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

  Fidelity, Verizon team on app; VA benefits on the rise

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  Business Resumption Planning: It’s The Little Things

  By Dan Skiles  |  November 1, 2011

  In September, my office was hit with a power outage.

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  Bipolar Jobs Report: Exceeds Expectations but Still Disappoints

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 7, 2011

  The Labor Department’s report of a 103,000 rise in payroll jobs in September exceeded analysts’ expectations, but increase is too tepid to sway high unemployment rate of 9.1%

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  Labor Day Bad News: Zero Job Growth in August, Unemployment Stuck at 9.1%

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 2, 2011

  Unemployment rate held flat in August at 9.1% as no jobs were lost—nor gained. While some observers saw a silver lining, others fret over ongoing economic stagnation.