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Market participants wonder if the Justice Department will indict more firms and individuals for bid-rigging of bond-related investment and derivatives contracts.

The U.S. House passed a bill undoing income tax increases for more than 99 percent of households, giving a victory to President Barack Obama even as Republicans vowed to fight him in coming weeks for spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.

This increase indicates that “investors are successfully using 529 plans for their intended purpose of qualified higher education expenses,” according to the Financial Research Corp.

Phone calls, email, staff and clients: How do you get everything done each day? Since adding more hours is probably off the table, advisors must be more productive in the time they do have.

The budget deal struck by the White House and Senate Republican leaders, if it becomes law, probably would slow the U.S. economic recovery without stopping it.

Annuities are a form of insurance and insurance companies are good at pricing risk. Here's how to tell if they are right for your clients.

From bank tellers to senior management and bank owners, Fremont Bank's Susan Lyle and Adam Nieto make the elusive idea of cross-selling a reality.

Financial institutions and consumer groups are each trying to influence a report that will help determine the rules for settling customer disputes.

A new online tool launched by Bank of America's Merrill Edge program is designed to motivate investors to change their financial behavior.

The FDIC signed off on an 18% cut in funding for 2013, but it is still dealing with elevated numbers of troubled banks and Dodd-Frank-related workload.