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Both companies have developed alternative payment networks that observers say could undermine the scale of dominant payments providers like MasterCard and Visa.

Real financial planning requires a comprehensive focus on client needs, according to Kathy Stepp, principal and founder of Stepp & Rothwell, Inc. a financial advisory firm in Overland Park, Kan. To make that happen, Stepp says, her firm uses “very high ratio of us versus them.” In fact, she says, the firm has a staff-to-client ratio that is “probably unheard of in the industry.”

John Paulson, the founder of hedge fund giant Paulson & Co., earned a record $4.9 billion in 2010 overseeing a fund that exited the year with more than $36 billion under management, according to a survey.

Raymond James Financial has completed its acquisition of Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett, Inc.

Ninety-two percent of the CEOs that the Business Roundtable surveyed expect their company’s sales to increase in the next six months.

But only 34% have a dedicated budget.

While the index rose for the firms time in five weeks, investors appeared worried about rising gasoline and grocery prices.

Twenty years of research shows that companies with the strongest earnings deliver the best near- and long-term stock performance.

The municipal securities market is beset by problems that defy easy solutions, academics and experts told municipal analysts Friday.

Capitol Bancorp said its annual report that it was notified on March 30 that it would receive a subpoena from the SEC's Chicago office concerning its third-quarter reporting.