For tax year 2011, for the first time ever, brokerage firms will be required to report some capital gain/loss and cost basis data. This change will create new challenges and opportunities for your clients. In this article, well explain them, so you can work more closely with clients and their...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. announced that it will increase the yearly maximum benefit a 65-year-old retiree can receive to almost $56,000 from $54,000.

President Barack Obama's Medicare nominee Tuesday got unexpected support from one of Congress' Republican stars. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told The Associated Press that Marilyn Tavenner is "eminently qualified" to run Medicare.

Stable value funds arent as stable as most investors would like, according to a white paper by Towers Watson.

Even with more children living in poverty because of the rough economy, the number of children without health insurance in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years, according to a report released Tuesday by Georgetown University.

Lipitor is so valuable that its maker, Pfizer Inc., is practically paying people to keep taking the blockbuster cholesterol medicine after generic competition hits the U.S. market this week.

The White House refused to say Tuesday whether President Barack Obama would sign into law an extension of payroll tax cuts that is not paid for, as the top Senate Republican predicted lawmakers eventually would reach an agreement to prevent taxes from increasing on 160 million Americans.

Every year at this time, workplace emails, the media, advertising at retailers, and even family and friends remind you to hurry up and spend your health care flexible spending account (FSA) dollars before you lose them.