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Working past retirement: 75% will do it, most because they want to
Three in four American workers say they intend to work past retirement age. Slightly more of them say it’s because they want to do so, not because they have to, according to a new poll from Gallup. Among employed Americans, 40% said they will...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees
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Column: Why pension funds are eating your 401(k)'s lunch
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pension funds - those old guaranteed-benefit retirement plans your grandma might have told you about - outperform those in 401(k) plans year after year, according to new research from consulting company Towers Watson. In 2011,...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Bonds, Advice Columns and Columnists, Interior Policy, Finance
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Stern Advice-Why pension funds are eating your 401(k)'s lunch
ReutersBy Linda Stern WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Pension funds - those old guaranteed-benefit retirement plans your grandma might have told you about - outperform those in 401(k) plans year after year, according to new research from consulting company...Tags: Bonds, Politics, Interior Policy, Mutual Funds, Finance
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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: Howard County, Interior Policy, Finance, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Career and Workplace
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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: Morningstar Incorporated, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, 401K
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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: Morningstar Incorporated, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, 401K
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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: Social Security, Career and Workplace, Retirement Planning Services, 401K, Personal Finance
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Factbox: Treasury acts to avoid hitting debt limit
Reuters(Reuters) - 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 that a...Tags: Bonds, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Finance, Career and Workplace, Jack Lew
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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: Executive Branch, Stock Market, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Finance
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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: Over-the-Counter Medicines, Career and Workplace, Drugs and Medicines, Healthcare Policies, Government Health Care
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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: Public Finance, Career and Workplace, Government Health Care, Health Insurance Cost, Budget Control Act of 2011
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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: Taxation, Executive Branch, Daniel Biss, Michael Madigan, Crime, Law and Justice
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