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Registered Rep. February 14, 2012 Anne Field	The Art of Writing A Check When Jon Yankee and his two partners started their Reston, VA-based firm six years ago, they wanted to do it right. Among other things, that meant putting in place a clearly-thought-out compensation plan for both advisors and staff.
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