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  The Price of Everything: What’s the Value of Sound Advice?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  May 20, 2013

  The SEC Regulatory Accountability Act is yet another attempt by the securities industry to shift attention away from the consumer protections of requiring brokers to put the interests of their clients ahead of their own, by focusing solely on the “costs” of doing so.

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  15 Best Finance Tweets of the Month: April

  By Katie Rass  |  May 6, 2013

  While gold plunged in April and Bitcoin took a wild ride, Sallie Krawcheck threw a punch in the battle of the sexes and Bill Gross opined on the pomp and pageantry of stock trading.

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  The Advisor as Inspirer

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  April 29, 2013

  How do you lead your employees, your clients, your life? Do you want to do a better job of it? Here are tips from top experts.

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  Obama’s Associate Counsel Small Named SEC General Counsel

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2013

  The SEC announced Tuesday that Anne Small, President Obama’s special assistant and associate counsel, has been named general counsel of the agency.

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  Online Sales Tax Bill Seen as Rife With Unintended Consequences

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2013

  Lawmakers and officials from the retirement planning and securities industries are coming out against an online financial transaction tax bill that they say would hurt retirement savers, small businesses and investors.

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  Simpson, Bowles Reduce New Deficit Plan to Prod Congress

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2013

  Like Jackie Gleason’s Buford T. Justice in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are not giving up.

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  Morgan Stanley CFO Passes on Treasury Post: Reports

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2013

  Ruth Porat did not want to go through what Jack Lew did in the confirmation process, sources say.

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  Obama Budget Endangers Some Estate Planning Techniques

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  March 21, 2013

  Loophole closure would severely reduce wealth planners’ arsenal.

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  Obama Nominates Perez for Labor Secretary

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 18, 2013

  President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Tom Perez, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, as the next Labor secretary.

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  Congress Starts Work on Tax Code Reform

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 15, 2013

  While skepticism remains, committees in both houses start high-profile work on reform.