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Fewer than two out of five American adults plan to make positive financial changes in 2012 as many of them expect to go through another tough financial year.
January 10 -
Upbeat claims in earnings reports and other SEC filings by public companies tend to encourage investor lawsuits, according to a new study.
January 10 -
Cetera Financial Group plans to acquire Genworth Financial Investment Services, a unit of Genworth Financial that partners with tax and accounting professionals who provide financial planning and investment advice to clients.
January 9 -
The SEC has charged an Illinois-based investment advisor and former CPA with using LinkedIn and other social media channels to attempt to sell $500 million in fictitious securities.
January 5 -
President Obama may have run afoul of the Constitution in using a recess appointment to appoint Richard Cordray as the director of the nascent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the need for the bureau to take action has been growing.
January 4 -
Retirees will be receiving a 3.6 percent increase in their monthly Social Security and Supplementary Security Income benefits in 2012.
January 3 -
The Treasury Department has stopped selling paper U.S. savings bonds at banks, ending a tradition stretching back to 1935.
January 3 -
High-volume broker-dealer Securities America has announced the members of its 2012 Advisory Council.
January 3 -
The Financial accounting Standards Board recently approved a revised accounting standard that requires contributing non-governmental employers to provide more information about their financial obligations to multi-employer pension plans.
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