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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, Social Security, Career and Workplace, Disasters and Accidents, 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: Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Christine Radogno, Justice System
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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: Government Debt, Career and Workplace, Financial and Business Services, Civil and Public Service, Government
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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: Manhattan (New York City), Social Security, European Debt Crisis, Career and Workplace, Rentals
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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: Social Security, Manhattan (New York City), European Debt Crisis, Career and Workplace, Rentals
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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, Career and Workplace, Finance
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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: Government Debt, Career and Workplace, Financial and Business Services, Civil and Public Service, Government
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Lauderhill symbolic of changing demographics in South Florida
South Florida Sun-SentinelThey were a 21st century family moving into a house still stuck in the 1980s. Everywhere Michael Shorter looked — the walls, the floors, the ceiling — he saw a house that hadn't changed since the Reagan administration. But his wife saw...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Florida, African Americans, New York City, United Nations
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Rich Danker: For real pension reform, inequality must be stressed
Just a few years ago, pension reform appeared inevitable. The drop in asset prices during the financial crisis had left public pension funds trillions of dollars behind on meeting future obligations. The defined benefit model was under fire as unduly...Tags: Career and Workplace, Civil and Public Service, Government, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Politics
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Boomers facing uncertainty of retirement, maybe working years more than they thought
The Great Recession saw unemployment rates double and the housing bust that proved far stronger and lasted much longer than anyone had expected. Through it all, retirement savings plans took a major hit. The economy is improving now. South Florida...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Social Security, Career and Workplace, Boca Raton, 401K
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Five killings at Camp Liberty in Iraq: Calculation or despair?
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, WASH. — The court-martial of Army Sgt. John Russell concluded Saturday with a military judge asked to decide whether the 14-year Army veteran was deluded by depression and despair as he shot five fellow service members in...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Career and Workplace, Mental Health, Depression, Crime, Law and Justice
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