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American Express

CEO and Chairman Ken Chenault hinted Wednesday at a "stimulus plan for small business," the company plans to unveil in the next few days.

Arcade Fire is the baddest band in the land, Justin Bieber has entranced America's teen girls and Tim Hortons

is the second-fastest-growing restaurant chain in America.

As a financial planner I all too often encounter an interesting dynamic in meetings with family, friends and potential and current clients: They bemoan the fact government is not willing to take care of them in some way.

Much has been said and written in the past year about the standards to which financial advisers are held, primarily due to the recent passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which included a provision requiring the SEC to study the oversight of brokers and registered investment advisers.