| Above the Fold |
November 29, 2012 |
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| Applications for jobless aid fall again |
| By Christopher S. Rugaber |
| The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 393,000 last week. It was the second straight drop after Superstorm Sandy had driven applications much higher earlier this month…Read more |
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| A beginner's guide to working with 401(k) plans |
| By Paula Aven Gladych |
| Working with 401(k) plans as a benefits broker may seem like the holy grail of benefits work, but financial advisors and agents should first figure out why they want to do it and what value they can offer to plan sponsors before they begin prospecting…Read more |
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| Advisors confident deal will avert fiscal cliff |
| By Andy Stonehouse |
| A new survey released Wednesday by the Financial Services Institute suggests that more than three-quarters of advisors believe that a deal will emerge to avert the fiscal cliff—but they're also concerned about what will come of the DOL's quest for a Fiduciary Rule…Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 Denis, to your point on the presence or absence of a mandate vis a vis the election, I think there is more of a message than merely opting for the status quo. The message is that the electorate doesn't trust either side enough to give them control. If Obama were so overwhelmingly popular then it would have been easy enough to deliver the house to the democrats. On the other hand, if there was enough support for the republican approach, it would have been an even simpler matter to deliver a republican White House...
-- Parsnates, No Christmas vacation
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