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A House Ways and Means Committee panel plans to hold a hearing next Thursday on a bill that would prohibit state and local governments from issuing tax-exempt bonds unless they meet certain pension disclosure requirements.

Banks and several large technology companies, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp., argue that because the Fed's proposed 12-cent interchange fee cap does not properly take into account the costs of fraud and fraud prevention, banks will inevitably have less money to protect data security, making the entire system less safe.

If you had an extra 100 hours each year (two extra hours a week) how would you spend it?

When Lyle LaMothe said on March 3 that he would step down from his post as head Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s U.S. wealth management business, industry speculation immediately set into motion regarding his replacement. And then the wait began.

Regulatory reform was on the top of everyone’s minds at the Women Advisors Forum in New York City on Thursday.

The announcement from Ameriprise Financial that it planned to divest Securities America set off an inevitable scramble among recruiters and the company’s advisors. So what's next?

Ken Abady, Brad Benter and Steve DeMatteo will join UBS’ San Diego office.

The level of optimism of small business owners dipped slightly this quarter, according to a new survey.

The San Francisco company tells investors to think ahead to 2011 taxes, as filing deadline has just passed.

Wells Fargo Securities has hired three new public finance investment bankers as the firm seeks to expand its program nationally.