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The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The economic downturn has forced more than 60 percent of Puget Sound area residents to delay their retirement plans.
Political Wrinkles (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Your congressman's padded retirement plan...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wonder why big businesses are not adamantly opposed to ObamaCare? Because it will enormously burden, or eliminate, small businesses . ...2,074 pages are just the beginning. It is fair to say there will several times that number of pages of regulations delineating who must do what, when and where. There will be dozens of new bureaucracies created generating hundreds of new forms and reports which must...
IdaBlue (Free subscription) | yesterday
Betsy Russell reports on the new ITD director's pay. Brain Ness will make $165,000 per year. He was making $118,000 in Michigan. The person he replaced, Pam Lowe, was making $143,000 annually. A spokesman for the ITD, Jeff Stratton, said that after accounting for the higher cost of living in Idaho, Ness' salary represents about a 10% increase in spending power. Let's break this down a bit. $118,000...
EPR Network Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Released on: November 20, 2009, 1:27 pm Author: Nabers Group Industry: Financial The Solo 401k is designed for the self-employed and offers powerful features not found in traditional 401k or IRA retirement plans. The Solo 401k offers unique tax benefits to those who open an account before the New Year. Denver, Colorado, November 20, 2009 – The clock is ticking [...]
EPR Financial News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Solo 401k is designed for the self-employed and offers powerful features not found in traditional 401k or IRA retirement plans. The Solo 401k offers unique tax benefits to those who open an account before the New Year. The clock is ticking for taxpayers to secure their end-of-the year tax breaks and many Americans who qualify [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Staff of the state Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) has rejected most of a proposed rate increase for Puget Sound Energy electric and natural-gas customers.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A change in the federal tax law, effective January 1, 2010, will permit Roth IRA conversions for taxpayers at all income levels. In the past, this option was only available to those with an adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transamerica Retirement Services today introduced a new mutual fund platform for company-sponsored retirement plans. The new platform offers an investment line-up with no proprietary fund requirements. Target maturity funds are included from three fund families, a choice often made available only to larger plans by most providers. The new mutual fund platform features...
Canadian Dream: Free at 45 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Well congratulations to “n.” comment number 11 on the 3rd birthday contest who now gets a $75 gift card to a store of their choice. Thanks for all the entries and nice comments. Now onto some reading material. CC wonders “What are these home owners thinking?“ Actually that statement should be directed at the government, but [...]
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
$4.8 trillion - Interest on U.S. debt: Unless lawmakers make big changes, the interest Americans will have to pay to keep the country running over the next decade will reach unheard of levels.1 million jobless face benefits loss in January: Extended benefits will expire unless Congress acts. Recent extension only covers workers through Dec. 31.Your congressman's padded retirement plan: Opinion
SeekingAlpha Media Stocks (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Brandon Matthews submits: By Brandon Matthews A new research report was issued Wednesday by ConvergEx , which publishes a monthly “ Jaywalk Concensus ” report on thousands of individual equities, on shares of Sirius XM Radio ( SIRI ). ConvergEx's clients include asset managers, broker-dealers, corporations, financial intermediaries, hedge funds and retirement plan sponsors. Jaywalk is...
Saving to Invest (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Despite a more stable economy, many Americans are still finding it hard to make ends meet and find that they are having to tap one of their most important and final saving vehicles – their company sponsored 401k or 403b (tax advantaged) retirement plans. There are 3 ways that cash can be taken out from a 401K account: A regular 401k loan, hardship or non-financial hardship withdrawal . Each...
The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri (PSRS/PEERS) reported a 10.25 percent return on its investments for the quarter ended Sept. 30.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (OFI) and the State of Oregon have reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit filed by the State over the Company's management of the State's 529 college savings programs. The settlement allows both the State and OFI to avoid a lengthy and expensive legal process and to apply resources to more constructive ends.
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