Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act gives the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) broad powers to establish wide-ranging rules to regulate the standard of conduct of broker-dealers in relationship to retail customers.

Review of Clifford's Counsel to the President.

The Venezuelan opposition is waiting for a showdown in presidential elections set for Oct. 7, but a corrupt Chavista cadre has already seized the advantage and will seek to hold on to power by any means necessary.

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Few investors know that when they ask their broker for a current price of a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ stock, the broker is paying for this data and that the revenue from the sale...

Informed, willing and healthy prisoners should not be deprived of the opportunity to help the sick while improving their own prospects once they are free.

Many Americans resent banks' roles in the financial crisis and in home foreclosures, and are angered at huge salaries paid by firms that received taxpayer money. These feelings are understandable, but not the entire picture.

There are some ideas that, no matter how often they rise and how spectacularly they fail, just won't go away. Perpetual motion machines, for example. Passive exercise machines. Diets that work. These technologies sound great in theory, but don't seem to pan out in practice. Add to the list, electric (or largely electric) cars.

The failure of Kurdish leaders to fulfill their diplomatic agenda extends beyond the latest Turkish incursion. Turkey's occupations, however, provide the Kurdistan Regional Government with an opportunity.