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Assets held in domestic exchange-traded funds reached a record $995 billion at the end of last year.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, have introduced and pledged to pass a bill to repeal the expanded 1099 reporting requirements in the health law.

Naturally, most of the watercooler talk today swirls around Tuesday night’s State of the Union address: Did you watch? What did you think? Where were the specifics? Did you like Michelle Obama’s dress/John Boehner’s tie? What did you think of the bipartisan seating? How come he barely talked about health care/tax reform/etc.? …

Gen-Y Americans showed notable caution regarding their personal finances, according to the Western Union Payments Money Mindset survey.

The reverberations from last year’s seismic legislative tilts will be keenly felt by insurers in the coming year. A new report by Boston-based Aite Group finds reaction to health care reform and financial services reform among five trends that will shape each sector respectively.

A recent survey of nearly 3,000 physicians shows high levels of displeasure with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and a lot of them don't like electronic health records either.

In terms of a pre-show, I wanted to share what I thought was an interesting video about the background on the writing of the SOTU. And as President Obama puts the final touches on tonight's address to discuss the state of our union and his vision for the future, I wanted to ask what you most want him to discuss.

A greater number of U.S. households are at risk of falling short of money in retirement because of the housing and financial crisis, according to a report.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new funding opportunity for state grants to help states implement health insurance exchanges (HIEs).