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COLUMN-Transforming your 401(k) into steady income
ReutersBy Mark Miller CHICAGO, May 21(Reuters) - A job and a paycheck - they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream? A growing number of 401(k) plans are including investment...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Insurance, 401K, Morningstar Incorporated, Finance
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Column: Transforming your 401(k) into steady income
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - A job and a paycheck - they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream? A growing number of 401(k) plans are including investment choices that can help...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Insurance, 401K, Wells Fargo & Co., Morningstar Incorporated
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mary Pat Clarke, Montgomery County (Maryland), Civil and Public Service, Public Employees
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Retirement: Start early to reach your retirement savings target
Kiplinger's Money PowerYou can't anticipate at age 25 what your final salary will be at retirement -- and therefore you can't know what 85 percent of your ending salary will be (that's the benchmark retirement analysts generally say you should set to maintain your standard of...Tags: 401K, Retirement Planning Services, Social Security, Personal Finance, Career and Workplace
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Shield Pa. taxpayers from a 'pension tsunami'
Pennsylvania's pension crisis is about to hit state homeowners and taxpayers, and the results won't be pretty. The state's two pension systems — for state government workers and public school employees — are, together, more than $47...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, 401K, Bucks County, Allentown
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FACTBOX-U.S. Treasury acts to avoid hitting debt limit
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Monday said the Obama administration was suspending investments in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, a government employee pension fund, to help the nation keep paying its bills now...Tags: Securities, Economy, Business and Finance, Civil and Public Service, Investments, U.S. Congress
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Health care costs push off baby boomers' retirement plans
The Providence JournalMore baby boomers are pushing back their retirements and working longer, even as the recovery of the stock market replenishes portfolios that were depleted during the recession. The reason: health care expenses. The cost of medical care for a 65-year-...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Drugs and Medicines, Government Health Care, Health Insurance Cost, Over-the-Counter Medicines
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Today's retirees face declining standard of living, study says
The retirement crisis is deepening, with recent generations of Americans less financially prepared for their golden years than their parents or grandparents, according to a new study. The study by the Pew Charitable Trusts suggests that people who...
Tags: Career and Workplace
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How much cash should you keep on hand for emergencies?
Dear Liz: A few years ago I finished paying off my debt and now am in the very low-risk credit category. I have savings equal to about three months' worth of bills and am working to get that to six months' worth. I'm wondering, though, about an...Tags: Family, Credit and Debt, Social Security, Disasters and Accidents, Career and Workplace
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Cullerton, Madigan square off with competing pension reform plans
— As Illinois lawmakers weigh a pair of competing pension reform plans this spring, a big factor they're considering is how much each approach would save the beleaguered state treasury. Illinois already spends more on government worker...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, Donne E Trotter, Personal Income, Budgets and Budgeting
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Senior advocate: Don't balance federal budget on backs of elderly
La Crosse Tribune, Wis.The federal budget shouldn't undermine Social Security in the quest to control the deficit, says the executive director of the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans. "Social Security should be a separate discussion from the federal budget to make...Tags: Scott Walker, Budget Control Act of 2011, Economy, Business and Finance, Public Finance, Government Health Care
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FACTBOX-U.S. Treasury's tools to delay hitting debt limit
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday announced a series of steps the Obama administration is prepared to take so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension of the cap on the U.S. government's debt expires...Tags: Fannie Mae, Securities, Economy, Business and Finance, Public Finance, Investments
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