In 1989, 16-year-old Shane Phillips was in Corsica, France, about to embark on an exciting year abroad. One phone call changed all that. On July 31, Shane learned that his father, mother and sister had died in a plane crash. Beyond the emotional...

“Kids don’t have any options; they have no choices. They can’t ‘work a little bit harder’ to make things better.” That’s what propelled Robert Pagliarini to travel over 7,000 miles to visit Molocabac Island—three tiny Filipino islands located so...

Traumatic brain injuries—also known as “TBIs”—have received a lot of press in the context of football injuries. But for Layton John, they hit home in 1999. Layton’s sister-in-law, Dr. Lisa Thompson, had an accident...

Jim Blase has practiced estate planning for over 33 years. But, what differentiates this principal of Blase & Associates LLC, adjunct professor at the St. Louis School of Law and prolific author from other estate-planning practitioners, is his...

FINRA moved forward on its planned Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System (CARDS) on Tuesday, issuing a regulatory notice that outlines plans to implement the database initiative in phases...