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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: Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Insurance, Morningstar Incorporated
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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: Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Insurance, Morningstar Incorporated
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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: Career and Workplace, Social Security, Retirement Planning Services, 401K, Personal Finance
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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: Employees, Finance, Interior Policy, Natural Disasters, 401K
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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: Bonds, Securities, Employees, Finance, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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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: Career and Workplace, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Prescription Drugs, Government Health Care, Drugs and 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...
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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: Career and Workplace, Disasters and Accidents, Family, Social Security, Credit and Debt
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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: Michael Madigan, Heather Steans, Interior Policy, Finance, Illinois Governor
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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: Physical Conditions, Government Debt, Social Security, Barack Obama, Scott Walker
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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: Bonds, Employees, Securities, Finance, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Pension reform expected to save money
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.Changes to the state's pension plan should save Daviess Fiscal Court hundreds of thousands of dollars during the next 20 years. State Rep. Tommy Thompson told Fiscal Court on Thursday that the pension reform plan passed this spring will mean that the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare, Employees, Politics, Interior Policy
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