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  • Week in Pictures | June 8, 2012

    By Michael K. Stanley  |  June 7, 2012

    Longevity risk gets an international nod, Disney and Michelle Obama form a powerful alliance, Ben Bernanke testifies once again on the health of the nation's economy and a walking mouse—even more unbelievable when you hear how. This and more in the week's Week in Pictures.

  • Lincoln Financial: A $710 Million Swing from Black to Red

    By Michael K. Stanley  |  February 9, 2012

    Lincoln Financial announced yesterday a fourth quarter net income loss of $514 million compared to a net income of $196 million in 2010, a $710 million swing from black to red.

  • Riding the Life Extension Wave

    By Richard W. Samson  |  December 19, 2011

    Failure to plan Adequately for the long-term care (LTC) needs of our longer-living population is putting more than just the people at risk, who stand to lose trillions. Federal and state governments along with the LTC insurance industry also face multi-trillion dollar losses, and may be flirting with insolvency. And...

  • Greed, sheer stupidity and the global financial crisis

    By Daniel Williams  |  October 13, 2011

    What really happened in Greece, Ireland, Iceland and other countries rocked by the global financial crisis? Author Michael Lewis goes inside the damage in his latest book, "Boomerang."

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