Brokers Are Salespeople, Not Financial Advisers

I wonder how many people do not search out life insurance because they are resigned to the fact that they are uninsurable or would at least be charged more than others because of their state of health?

To bolster P&G fortunes, returning chief executive A.G. Lafley will have to jump-start sales growth, expand deeper into emerging markets and fill the innovation pipeline with exciting new products.

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - With a steel-gray sky overhead and a land breeze that brought biting gnats to the beachfront, conditions weren't as picture-perfect as Gov. Christie might have hoped as he reintroduced the Jersey Shore to the world Friday morning via a national morning news show and a ribbon-cutting certified by Guinness as a world record.

The Department of Mineral Resources says North Dakota oil drillers continue to pump crude at a record pace. The agency says the state produced an average of about 782,000 barrels per day in March.

New Zealand in Tight Range Ahead of Fed TestimonyWall Street JournalWELLINGTON—The New Zealand dollar was sticking to a tight range late Wednesday, ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, which will take place later in the global day.and more »