January 2008 - Posts
The New York Times, January 31st, 2008YOU know what is supposed to happen when you grow old. You will slow
down, you will grow weak, your steps will become short and mincing, and
you will lose your sense of balance. That’s what aging researchers
consistently
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Yahoo News, January 28th, 2007Now, Brown and other U.S. medical schools are plugging
geriatric courses into their curricula and adding specially
trained faculty members as they respond to an imminent boom in
the number of older Americans and the need
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MSNBC, January 23rd, 2007If you’re already worried about your
financial future, the Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut may do
little to calm your nerves about the economy and your investments.
Stocks are down 10 percent from the start of the year,
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The Arizona Republic, January 23rd, 2007Baby boomers grew up skeptical of authority, so it's hardly surprising
that some of them doubt the government will deliver the full Social Security and Medicare benefits they've been promised.
Bruce Benton, who
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The New York Times, January 18th, 2007The shape of the new American housing market — the post-bubble market —
is starting to emerge. It is one that favors the young who never owned
a house and the banks that have access to cheap deposits. It may be
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Editor's Note: We include this warning and wish to append one of our own. You should never send your social security number or bank account numbers via Email to anyone, least of all to a commercial organization.WSAV News, January 17th, 2007We
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Long Island Business News, December 28th, 2007Aging baby boomers are fueling a steep surge in
reverse mortgages, but regulators fear that big business could bring
back unscrupulous lenders.The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging is debating how to
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USA Today, January 15th, 2007Here's some advice for married men who will
turn 62 this year: If you want to make up for all the times you came
home with beer on your breath, left your socks on the bathroom floor or
gave your wife a DustBuster for Valentine's
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Senior Spectrum Online, January 15th, 2007Many
Americans assume that Medi-care, supplemental policies or standard
health insurance policies will cover their long-term care expenses — an
assumption that often leads
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The Motley Fool, January 11th, 2007
There's an invisible force eating away at your retirement every day.
You curse its evil ways every time you grouse, "Back in my day, you
could buy popcorn at the movies for a dollar." Don't blame global
warming,
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The Motley Fool, January 11th, 2007
When I've written before about our collective need to save more for retirement, I've often cited my favorite retirement resource: our Rule Your Retirement
newsletter service. In its pages, Robert Brokamp has explained
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Wealthy Boomer, January 10th, 2007Today’s subject heading strikes me as the latest in a long series of
oxymorons – like military intelligence or government worker.The
phrase “Retirement Job” is used in a backgrounder just issued by
Investors Group.
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Healthday News, January 8th, 2007he new Medicare prescription drug
plan was largely responsible for an 18.7 percent increase in Medicare
spending in 2006, which was double the increase in spending from the year
before, U.S. health officials report.In
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Los Angeles Daily News, January 8th, 2007California state and local governments are facing
liabilities of $118 billion or more over the next 30 years to fund
promises of generous health-care benefits for retired public employees,
according to a state
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The New York Times, January 3rd, 2007 For a perfectly healthy woman, Dianne Kerley has had quite a few
medical tests in recent years: M.R.I. and PET scans of her brain, two
spinal taps and hours of memory and thinking tests. Ms. Kerley,
52, has
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Waldo County Citizen, January 4th, 2007The U.S. senior community is warming up to reverse mortgages, but
the product's increasing popularity also is breeding a new crop of
unscrupulous brokers, lenders, and loan agents who are taking advantage
of the
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