finance

• Finance executives see nearly 4 percent salary growth

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 23, 2013

  Although finance professionals have received compensation increases, the percentages fell for all levels except executives, according to a recent survey by the Association for Financial Professionals.

• Budget tightening not hurting business

  By The Associated Press  |  April 22, 2013

  Washington's budget tightening is having a minimal effect on businesses, a survey of business economists released Monday shows.

• Treasury rejects notion of too big to fail

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 19, 2013

  There will be no more bailouts of financial institutions, a top official of the Obama administration said in what appears to be an attempt to pre-empt Republicans efforts to water down the Dodd-Frank Act.

• Business owners concerned about growth

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  March 27, 2013

  Business owners express less optimism regarding growth opportunities this year than prior years, according to the 2013 Small Business Economic Forecast.

• Top 25 401(k)s for NYC-based companies: Where are the big banks?

  By Joyce Hanson  |  March 26, 2013

  Say goodbye to BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other finance giants.

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  Kansas House panel ends push for 401(k)-style plan

  By John Hanna  |  March 22, 2013

  A proposal for issuing $1.5 billion in bonds to boost the long-term health of Kansas' public pension system advanced Thursday in the state Legislature, but Republican lawmakers who want to put new government employees into a 401(k)-style plan abandoned an effort to pass such a bill this year.

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  Top 20 countries for retirement security

  By John Sullivan  |  March 12, 2013

  Natixis has released its annual retirement security index, and Americans are lagging Slovakia. Yes. Slovakia.

• U.S. lags behind Western Europe in retirement security

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  March 7, 2013

  The United States ranked 19th in the world for how secure its citizens are in retirement.

• US service firms grows at fastest pace in a year

  By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer  |  March 5, 2013

  U.S. service companies grew in February at the fastest pace in a year, buoyed by higher sales, more new orders and solid job growth. The gain suggests higher taxes have yet to slow consumer spending on services.

• Wellington Financial tops list of best 401(k)s

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  February 26, 2013

  BrightScope has ranked the top 25 companies in the United States with the highest ranked 401(k) plans containing more than $100 million in assets in the finance and insurance sector.