• Obama Speaks to Congress - Prologue II

    OH, and for the record, to subvert the CNN vs. Fox News debate, I'm watching tonight on NBC. Dan Rather's not reporting anywhere, is he?

  • In the end.

    Well, the president has wrapped up his first joint address to Congress. He took a lot of flack for his somber tone of the past few weeks. (And, honestly, who isn't now?) But his tone of hope that carried him through an eternal campaign season

  • William Glavin, Jr.

    William Glavin, Jr. has been appointed chief executive officer of Oppenheimer Funds Inc. He has headed MassMutual's U.S. Insurance Group since March 2006.

  • Max "Skip" Schrayer

    Max "Skip" Schrayer has been named president of Associated Agencies Inc. He will oversee commercial and personal insurance for individuals and businesses nationwide. He is also president of Auto and Home Insurance Agency.

  • SEC approves FINRA arbitration rule

    The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a new rule that will limit motions to dismiss arbitration before investors present their case. This makes it all the more important to avoid consumer disputes in the first place. The new rule

  • DB plan sponsors focus on limited risks

    Defined benefit plan sponsors are focused on only a few of the risks associated with their pension plans, according to a recent MetLife study. The company surveyed 168 corporate plan sponsors among the 1,000 largest defined benefit plans in the

  • Max "Skip" Schrayer

    Max "Skip" Schrayer has been named president of Associated Agencies Inc. He will oversee commercial and personal insurance for individuals and businesses nationwide. He is also president of Auto and Home Insurance Agency.

  • Willing to pay more?

    Would you be willing to pay more in order to increase the number of Americans who have health insurance?

  • Jumping ship

    A friend in the business called me out of the blue sometime over the last couple of weeks. (Sorry, the days run together this time of year. Seems half my time is spent managing my daughter's budding Girl Scout cookie business.) At any rate,

  • "Actual" unemployment up

    The "real" unemployment rate, which takes underemployment into account is 13.9 percent. The number of workers who have been forced to work part-time is increased to nearly 70 percent. Employers have cut hours for their worke