Illinois

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  Online transaction tax rife with unintended consequences

  By Melanie Waddell  |  April 23, 2013

  Lawmakers and industry officials say an online financial transaction tax bill would hurt retirement savers, small businesses and investors.

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  PPACA could overwhelm addiction treatment providers

  By Carla K. Johnson  |  April 16, 2013

  In two-thirds of the states, treatment centers are already full.

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  Illinois to market PPACA exchange

  By Carla K. Johnson  |  April 12, 2013

  The state has a new director of outreach and education for their exchange, and a hefty federal grant.

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  How to run the most efficient agency ever

  By Ed McCarthy  |  April 11, 2013

  The downfall for many senior market advisors is that even though they know how to sell, they don’t know how to run a business.

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  10 top dividend-paying stocks

  By Tom Nawrocki  |  April 5, 2013

  What are corporations doing with all that cash they've accumulated? Two words: massive dividends.

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  Walgreen clinics to handle chronic illness care

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 4, 2013

  Half of the clinic patients report lacking ready access to primary care doctors.

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  Employer-sponsored retirement assets hit $10.9 trillion

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 4, 2013

  Assets held in employer-sponsored retirement plans totaled $10.9 trillion in 2012, up 8 percent from the $10.1 trillion recorded in 2011.

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  The annuity industry needs its own Series 7 exam…now

  By Stan Haithcock  |  April 3, 2013

  It’s time to raise the bar, and raise it very high. Our current and future annuity clients are depending on it.

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  Pensions at issue in Stockton bankruptcy

  By Tracie Cone  |  April 2, 2013

  What happens in this California city could have huge implications across the state and the rest of the nation, experts say.

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  Feds analyze PPACA market

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  April 1, 2013

  The exchange builders are focusing on the young, the sick and the passive.