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Financial Advisor October 2012	Stalled: Tougher Fiduciary Standard For Brokers Even with Wall Street and consumer advocates allied in pushing for it, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to raise standards for brokers advising retail investors has run aground.
Food Processing October 2012	FDA Assesses its FSMA Progress The Deputy Commissioner for Foods, Michael Taylor, outlines his accomplishments and his to-do list.
Food Processing October 2012 Susan Ruland	Election Pains or Gains? How will the food industry fare depending on whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins on November 6th?
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 Warren Baker	Mitt Romney's Huge IRA Raises Questions For Advisors Mitt Romney's huge IRA gives a wake up call to advisors to ensure their clients don't venture into the muddy waters of the prohibited-transaction rules.
On Wall Street October 1, 2012 John Diehl	Using the Election to Spur Clients to Prepare for the Future One of the keys to engaging clients is addressing topics that are relevant and emotional in order to bridge to longer-term planning concerns, such as the presidential election.
On Wall Street October 1, 2012	Five Questions with Tim Steffen The director of financial planning at R.W. Baird, Tim Steffen, discusses the upcoming elections, what changes to the fiscal landscape are possible, and how advisors should steer clients through the uncertainties and tax issues.
National Defense November 2012 Frodl & Manoyan	Energy Security Starts With Hardening Power Grids Just how dependent is the federal government becoming on technology that may be good enough for web-based business and even local police, but not good enough to assure uninterrupted operations of national and homeland security agencies?
National Defense November 2012 Harvey M. Sapolsky	The British Are About to Jump the Shark Americans use government owned, contractor operated arrangements extensively, but not as extensively as the British are now contemplating.
AFP eWire October 2, 2012 Britt Brouse	The Obama Effect: 20 Takeaways for Multichannel Fundraisers As much as fortuitous circumstances abetted its efforts, the Obama for America campaign put to use every best practice of online marketing and brought the power of online fundraising to the forefront of everyone's mind.
Searcher November 2012 Irene E. McDermott	Internet Express - Stop the Vote: Voting Rights in the 2012 Election The author documents some of the historical and current attempts to restrict the vote and provides links to websites that help citizens register to vote.
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