The Senate passed a bipartisan budget deal two hours after income tax cuts expired, reaching an after-deadline agreement to undo the potential economic harm of $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts.
Prudential Financial Inc. has emerged as the lead bidder for Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.'s individual life insurance business, which may sell for about $1 billion, said two people with knowledge of the matter.
Facebook Inc. is close to pricing its initial public offering for at least $38 a share, according to people familiar with the matter.
Gaze replaces Watson, who left for LPL last year
National Financial Partners, a consolidator of insurance-brokerage and financial-planning firms, has acquired Fusion Advisor.
