New York plan puts spotlight on graying of U.S. prison population

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Does it make financial and moral sense to keep elderly people in prison? The state of New York is asking that question this month, and the debate there should be a harbinger of a much-needed national conversation.

Club for world's super rich to open Swiss advice exchange

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's super rich will soon be able to discuss their financial problems and questions from estate planning to how to start an art collection with wealthy peers in an exclusive club where U.S. membership costs $30,000 a year.

Massachusetts's securities regulator investigates Wells Fargo Advisors

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin said Thursday his office is investigating possible customer abuses by employees of Wells Fargo & Co's brokerage division.

Tariff tantrum hits U.S. stock funds in latest week

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. fund investors pulled $9.8 billion from stocks during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, halting the investments' budding momentum after February's selloff.

LGT bank says remains on lookout for acquisitions

ZURICH (Reuters) - Liechtenstein-based wealth manager LGT [LGTGFB.UL] remains on the lookout for acquisitions even if its takeovers in the next decade slow from those in the past 10 years, Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein told reporters on Monday.

U.S. investors wanting out of gun stocks find it's not so easy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the three weeks since America's deadliest high school took the lives of 17 students and teachers, companies such as Delta Air Lines Inc and Dick's Sporting Goods Inc have cut ties with gun-rights groups or restricted sales of weapons.

National Treasures: First jobs of America's diplomats

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Do you need a do-over on your Roth conversion?

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Sovereign investors to cut U.S. exposure, eye trade wars: survey

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of sovereign investors planning to underweight U.S. assets in the next 12 months has jumped to 43 percent, a survey showed, with almost a third citing trade wars and increased protectionism as the biggest tail risk.

More funds spurn nuclear arms, financing still strong: report

GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of pension funds and asset managers that refuse to invest in nuclear armament makers appears to be growing, although financing is still abundant, an annual survey by anti-nuclear campaigners said on Wednesday.

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