Working in Retirement
The New York Times, March 5th, 2010AFTER 24 years as a marketing manager for Coors, Cinde Dolphin knew what
was coming — Miller and Coors had just merged their United States beer
operations, and hundreds of jobs were sure to be eliminated.
Worried
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US News & World Report, March 3rd, 2010Paul Skidmore is hesitant to call himself retired. The former
insurance claims adjuster in Finksburg, Md., was laid off in February
2008 and has been job hunting for more
than a year. Although at 62 Skidmore
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Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, February 28th, 2010
The stock market crash of 2008 significantly dimmed the retirement
prospects of workers approaching retirement. These workers are heavily
dependent on 401(k) plans, as opposed
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The New York Times, February 20th, 2010Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession
continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work,
out of savings and nearing the end of their
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RIS Media, February 23rd, 2010There we were, a whole generation with the brass ring in sight.
Flush with equity in stocks and real estate, portfolios of blue chips,
bolstered by ERISA protected pensions,
insured by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation
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USA Today, February 2nd, 2010Hi, Gladys, I'm 73 years young and I need
to make money to supplement my Social Security. I would like to try
selling the fire extinguishers that you talked about in your book. I
think I can sell them at flea markets and
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NJ.com, January 13th, 2009David Spence, 68, of Dallas, was the national sales manager for a
company that manufactures awards for the golf industry. He had planned
to cut back his hours as he neared retirement, but the sour economy
interfered.
"The
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Yahoo News, December 15th, 2009Despite evidence that older workers are delaying retirement and staying
in the workforce longer, employers remain deeply concerned and anxious
about the impact of the knowledge drain – the loss of skilled
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Kipplinger, November 22nd, 2009It sounds like a cruel joke. After a lifetime in the workforce, you call it quits at 62 to claim
Social Security benefits and begin a long and satisfying retirement.
Then, the worst economic calamity since the Great
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The New York Times, November 1st, 2009A federal study of the increase in the mandatory retirement age for
commercial pilots to 65 has concluded there is too little information
to determine the safety impact of that decision. Few issues
were as
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MSNBC, November 15th, 2009Ah, retirement! Before the 1950s it was
something only the wealthy could afford to do. Everyone else needed an
income, and most folks struggled to get by in the industrial economy as
their faculties deteriorated. Back in the
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US News & World Report, November 4th, 2009Almost half of laid-off workers succumbed to the temptation of spending their retirement
stash last year. Some 46 percent of retirement savers who left their
job in 2008 cashed out their 401(k), according
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The New York Times, October 24th, 2009It is well known that during the nation’s gale-force recession, many older Americans who dreamed of retirement continued to work, often because their 401(k)’s had plunged in value.In fact, there are more Americans
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Reuters, October 23rd, 2009More Americans plan to delay retirement following steep drops in the
value of their savings accounts, data from several new surveys show.
A study to be released on Thursday by Canadian insurer Sun Life
Financial Inc
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The New York Times, October 19th, 2009Many people view retirement as a time to stop working. But new
research shows that people who take on full- or part-time jobs after
retirement have better health.
The finding is based on data collected from 12,189
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