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The agreement would end the 16-day-old government shutdown and extend U.S. borrowing authority, which lapses tomorrow. House Republicans today signaled that they will allow it to pass. The biggest remaining question is how quickly the agreement could become law. The first votes could be held as soon as today.

The firm must turn over internal gender-bias complaints by female workers to lawyers representing women in a lawsuit alleging the firm discriminated against them in pay and promotions.

The deal, which would bring the bank’s total settlements in the episode to more than $1 billion, may be announced as early as this week.

Advisors seeking to connect with the younger generations of wealthy households may want to consider doing things a little differently than they have for their boomer parents.

There are many ways to tilt portfolios toward small cap and value. Here are three alternatives for portfolio construction.

Tax treatment, good or bad, can make or break an investment decision. Are you helping your clients avoid these common blunders?

How can you tell whether your own goals are appropriately aggressive? Two things helped new solo advisor Dave Grant understand this.

The fiscal showdown in Washington entered its final stages as the House and Senate prepared competing plans that would end the 15-day-old government shutdown and prevent the U.S. from missing promised payments.

SEC Chairman Mary Jo White said the agency will review corporate disclosure rules to root out requirements that may be causing “information overload” for investors.

Hector Sants, head of compliance and government, is to take a temporary leave of absence because of “exhaustion and stress” less than a year into the job.