American Consumer News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Currently about 50% of American workers have employers that offer some form of retirement plan, whether it be a 403(b) plan, a 401(k) plan, the thrift savings plan or even a Roth 401(k), but there’s still a significant percentage of people that don’t have any form of employer sponsored retirement plans. Employers that do offer [...]
Theo Spark (Free subscription) | yesterday
Congress does a lousy job at EVERYTHING they do...except bilking the taxpayer, and conning the public into electing and re-electing them. - If you wonder why they show such disregard, disdain, and unconcealed disrespect for the people they are supposedly working for...you and I, Sparky...it's because the public is stupid enough to vote for them! Congress votes on its own pay and pay raises, cushy retirement...
Pension Pulse (Free subscription) | yesterday
CBC reports that Canada's pension plans post improved Q3 returns : The financial picture for Canada's pension plans got a bit brighter in the July-to-September period of 2009, but not by as much as managers might think, according to a report released this week. Pension experts Towers Perrin said improving stock markets helped boost the performance of Canadian retirement plans by more than five per...
Cara Community - Comments (Free subscription) | yesterday
In reply to Daily Trading & Social Commentary for Nov. 6 : Just want to address complete fallacies that were written by fjd10595 In the previous blogs.Submitted by fjd10595 (63 comments) on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 16:57 #52017 (in reply to #51990) Seems he/she feels that public employees should not get a pension and that it will be a burden on tax payers and should be cut. First off most state retirement...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
An alternative retirement plan may become available in January offers a guaranteed pension-like retirement benefit alongside a 401(k).
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
By 10qk. Cincinnati Bell Inc. ( CBB ) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Read more » »
ABC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
New combined pension/401k retirement plan may come in January
The Reformed Broker (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Seven Things You Should Know November 6th 2009 1. 30% of Americans age 45-64 surveyed in late July 2009 have stopped contributing to a pre-tax retirement plan (source: AARP). 2. Total household debt in the US was $13.7 trillion as of 6/30/09, 96% of the size of our $14.2 trillion economy. The debt-to-economy ratio was 60% in 1990 [...]
mostly common sense blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Unemployment hit 10.2% nationwide, a number not seen since 1983. In some states, like California and Michigan, it is much higher. And for those unfamiliar with the "US method" of calculating unemployment, or those eager to compare unemployment across different countries, it is good to point out that real unemployment in the US is much higher than 10.2%. The real number probably hovers well...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
State Street Corp. on Friday said it added $250 million to a legal reserve, and revised its third-quarter earnings results downward to reflect the change.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
BOSTON -- State Street Corp. on Friday said it added $250 million to a legal reserve, and revised its third-quarter earnings results downward to reflect the change.
San Jose Inside (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
There’s one thing that everyone in city government agrees on—the deficit is growing. It now stands at $96.4 million, the worst it’s been since the dotcom bust, and there seems to be no end in sight as it inches ahead to the $100 million milestone. Last night, the City Council voted 10-1 to share the burden more or less equally between three distinct sectors. Inevitably, the taxpayer...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
By 10qk. Media General Inc. ( MEG ) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-27. Read more » »
Moneyfacts.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Having taken a back seat while the credit crisis and recession hogged all of the headlines, the problem of the ticking retirement time bomb facing the UK seems ready to reclaim its front page crown. Image: Resisting temptation was not one of Dave’s strong points While things were far from rosy in the pension’s world before the events of the past couple of years, the mire now seems to have...
Timothy Reynold's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Here we are going to consider first response pregnancy test & individual retirement account. Although almost everyone has heard of the typical 401K retirement plan, fewer are aware of the Federal 403B retirement plan. The 403B plan offers some lucrative potential, and should be invested in if at all possible. Government workers such as teachers, [...]
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