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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: Credit and Debt, Social Security, Disasters and Accidents, Family, 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, Budgets and Budgeting, Christine Radogno, Pension and Welfare, Executive Branch
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Consumer Confidence, Physical Conditions, Barack Obama
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Congressional Budget Office, Freddie Mac, Financial Markets, Investments
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YOUR MONEY: How to see the world and 'arbitrage' your retirement
Reuters(The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own) By Chris Taylor NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - In the financial world, arbitrage is a trading strategy that earns profit by exploiting price differences between markets. By that...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Real Estate, Medicare, Mutual Funds, Mexico
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How to see the world and 'arbitrage' your retirement
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - In the financial world, arbitrage is a trading strategy that earns profit by exploiting price differences between markets. By that definition, Dan Prescher is a sophisticated arbitrageur. The 58-year-old makes a decent living as a...Tags: Real Estate, Economy, Business and Finance, Medicare, Mutual Funds, Mexico
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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: Politics, 401K, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Prisons
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Secure your finances before helping family
When Harold Seybert retired a few years ago, money wasn't his biggest challenge. After a 35-year career building an East Coast supermarket chain, a rise that required 15-hour workdays, he had to come to grips with what he had missed at home. "I was...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Career and Workplace
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EDITORIAL: Solution looks like a problem
The Philadelphia InquirerIn the guise of a solution, Gov. Corbett's pension reform plan would make the problem worse. It would weaken employee retirement funds, eventually cost taxpayers $179 million more a year, and add $5 billion to unfunded pension liabilities by 2019, and...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pension and Welfare, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Religious groups criticize Patriot Coal creation
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new report criticizing Arch Coal and Peabody Energy for creating Patriot Coal was released Tuesday by two groups of religious leaders -- Interfaith Worker Justice and Religious Leaders for Coalfield Justice. More than 23,000...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Factbox: Treasury's tools to delay hitting debt limit
Reuters(Reuters) - The budget deficit is shrinking more quickly than previously estimated, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday, which will likely help postpone the effective deadline for raising the debt limit. The revised estimate from the non-...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Congressional Budget Office, Freddie Mac, Financial Markets, Investments
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