Planning Your Retirement: Get the Bets from Pensions and Benefits, Secure Yourself and Your Property, Kepp Yourself in Great Shape
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | yesterday
Americans have a tough decision to make - when to start collecting Social Security retirement benefits? Those who begin early will receive checks for longer, but the size of those payments will be smaller. It's arguably the most important financial choice faced by the largest number of people, and it takes on urgency in a tough economy.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
A public pension group has refiled proposed ballot measures that would create a mandatory second-tier pension system for new public employees hired by the state, counties, cities and other non-federal government agencies in California. The California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility put forward a similar measure in 2007, but it didn't have the financial support to gather enough signatures to qualify...
Forbes (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Bankruptcy, taxpayer bailouts appear inevitable.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
VELLORE: Collector C. Rajendran has requested retired government employees/teachers and dependents of government employees/teachers who died in harness, who have difficulties in obtaining retirement benefits , to send petitions (in duplicate) ...
Government Bytes (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Government Accountability Office reports that the U.S. Postal Service's recent efforts to cut costs and increase revenues have been a $7 billion bust, the third consecutive year of losses and the largest in decades. And in keeping in the spirit of Bailout Nation, Congress shipped $4 billion to the Postal Service to help it make its mandatory payment to prefund employee retirement benefits. The...
No Impact Man (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Thanks to @denadu8pbb for tweeting this old post of mine. When I reread it I thought it bears reposting. One thing about a single-payer health care system. People say that it will cause an unhealthy relationship between people and the...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Questions have been raised about the viability of Britain's pensions lifeboat after its deficit more than doubled to £1.23bn.
Personal Money Store (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Retirement funding Many consumers are worried about debt relief as they reach retirement age. With news of Social Security and Medicare being tapped out within the next few decades, Americans are looking for other options to retire in comfort. Fortunately, there are some jobs that still focus on pension plan guarantees. Here are some industries that still support their retirees. Public-Service Sector...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
HassanRetirement benefits still elude him Arehalli Ramashetty retired from service 13 years ago Arehalli Ramashetty HASSAN: Arehalli Ramashetty, who was working as a gangman in the Public Works Department in Belur, has not yet received his pension benefits and other dues from the State Government despite retiring in 1996. He has been running from pillar to post, but has not met with any success. His...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off workers' compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is eligible for Social Security retirement benefits.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off workers' compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is eligible for Social Security retirement benefits.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Retirees have something else to look forward to besides playing golf -- much better sleep -- particularly if they have decent retirement benefits and retire relatively early.
Manhattan Real Estate: New York Cit (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fund.com, (OTC Bulletin Board: FNDM) a growing financial services company that creates actively managed ETFs, announced today that it has purchased an equity interest in Mesa, AZ.-based Vensure Employer Services, Inc., a professional employer organization that provides benefits and payroll administration, health and workers' compensation insurance programs,...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Chrysler , UAW/Unions The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Chrysler is again offering early retirement packages in an effort to entice some of its 23,000 hourly employees to hit the road. The buyout packages are the first offered by post-bankruptcy Chrysler, though the terms of the buyouts are very similar to earlier offerings. The Freep is reporting that...
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