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Connecticut's Retirees' Income In Top 5
Interest.com, a website that publicizes bank and credit union interest rates, released a study Monday comparing retirement incomes in each state. The website's survey used the income of households where the person who filled out the Census form was 65 or...Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Population and Census, Social Security, Career and Workplace
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Laid-off older workers will continue to struggle
Chicago TribuneWhile the nation's economy is on the mend after the Great Recession of 2008, many people who lost jobs at age 50 or over are expected to struggle for the rest of their lives. The average person who loses a job after age 50 is expected to have an income...Tags: Unemployment, Employment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace
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Figuring out best plan to save for college
Dear Liz: My husband and I have been putting 5% and 6%, respectively, into our 401(k) accounts to get our full company matches. We're also maxing out our Roth IRAs. The CPA who does our taxes recommended that we put more money into our 401(k)s even if...
Tags: T. Rowe Price, Colleges and Universities, Social Security, Finance, Financial Planning
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Five ways to think about the new Social Security report
The release of the annual trustees reports for Social Security and Medicare has generated some of the most overheated hand-wringing about the health of these two crucial programs in recent years, largely because the economic slump has made them look...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Interior Policy, Economy, Business and Finance
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Medicare financial outlook improves, but problems still loom
WASHINGTON — The federal government projected Friday that Medicare's main trust fund would not run in the red until 2026, two years later than projected last year, in part because of slower growth in healthcare costs. Prospects for the Social...
Tags: Paul Ryan, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Trust Fund Plan Helps Workers To Retire
The Hartford CourantWe've got a retirement crisis on our hands, and it isn't going away anytime soon. According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute annual survey, workers are increasingly postponing their retirements, hoping they can manage to squeeze a few more...Tags: Politics, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Pension and Welfare, Social Security, AFSCME
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Medicare not going broke as fast as once predicted
Florida's senior citizens and millions of baby boomers preparing for a long retirement can breathe just a little easier, but not much. Medicare is not going broke quite as quickly as once feared, government trustees reported on Friday, while Social...
Tags: Barack Obama, Broward County, Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Economy, Business and Finance
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How does tenure affect financial planning?
Dear Liz: My spouse has tenure at a university. Given that one of us will always be employed, should we change the way we look at the amount of money we keep in an emergency fund or our risk tolerance for investments? Answer: Even tenured professors can...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Unemployment Benefits, Social Security, Financial Planning, Career and Workplace
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Pennsylvania Senate hearing makes no new ground on Gov. Tom Corbett's pension reform plan
HARRISBURG — Politics, law, history and personal opinions dominated a state Senate hearing Wednesday on Gov. Tom Corbett's pension reform plans. That often contradictory mix of comments and testimony is likely to keep the governor's three-point...Tags: Court Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, Pension and Welfare, Schools, Career and Workplace
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What would the world be like if life span were to increase dramatically?
Imagine, for a moment, what might happen if science succeeds in eradicating disease and people live far longer than they do today. Do we toast to the extra years spent embracing loved ones and traveling the planet (maybe other planets?) and learning new...
Tags: Sociology, Conservation, Genetic Engineering, Health and Safety at School, Environmental Issues
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COLUMN-Boomers aren't working forever, after all
Reuters(The writer is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Mark Miller CHICAGO, May 30(Reuters) - Baby boomers have been talking a good game for years about working longer and reinventing the last third of life. Now that it's game time,...Tags: Financial Planning, Social Security, Natural Disasters, Career and Workplace
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Changes to Florida's annuity-sales law draw flak
A new state law pushed by the life-insurance industry and easily passed by Florida lawmakers promises to "safeguard" all investors — not just elderly ones — from becoming victims of sketchy sales or marketing practices in the annuity business....
Tags: Consumers, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Labor Legislation, Litigation and Regulation
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Jun 7, 2013
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|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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May 30, 2013
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Jun 2, 2013
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