Working in Retirement
New York Times - July 3, 2008
RISK-AVERSE? Clueless as to what P.&.L means? You, too, can be an entrepreneur.
Not the hard-driving type who makes the business news pages. Rather, the laid-back, come-what-may variety. Many of them are part of
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The Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2008In the spring of 2001, Bill Thomas, dressed in his usual sweat shirt
and Birkenstock sandals, entered the buttoned-down halls of the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation. His message: Nursing homes need to be taken
out
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The New York Times, June 21, 2008You’ve probably heard about the bumper sticker, even if you haven’t
seen it. It’s the one on Cadillacs in Florida and Lexuses in Arizona
that says “I’m spending my children’s inheritance.”
We’ve laughed at that for
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Sacbee, June 4th, 2008Pressured by a faltering economy and often burdened by loans they
took out during the housing boom, more Sacramento-area homeowners are
looking to reverse mortgages for an escape route. But many are finding
the road blocked by
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Tennessean, June 3rd, 2008After a long binge of borrowing, U.S. consumers face a credit crunch
and a sagging economy. To sustain their living standards, many
Americans are doing what comes naturally: scrambling to raise more cash.As
consumers max out
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US News & World Report, May 27th, 2008As gas and grocery prices rise, some cash-strapped older workers are
rethinking plans to retire. Some 27 percent of older workers say they
are putting off retirement because of the recent economic slowdown,
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CNN, May 20th, 2008Barbara Harvey climbs into the back of her small Honda sport utility
vehicle and snuggles with her two golden retrievers, her head nestled
on a pillow propped against the driver's seat.A former loan
processor, the 67-year-old mother
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San Francisco Chronicle, May 20th, 2008Americans are worried that
they might not have enough money for retirement, as health care costs
rise and inflation erodes the value of their savings, according to a
survey released Monday.
The study sponsored
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USAToday, May 16th, 2008Patty Stewart of Redlands, Calif., is beginning to think she won't be able to retire at 65. Or 67. Or possibly ever.
Like millions of other people, Stewart is
counting on her 401(k) and her home equity to pay for retirement.
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BusinessWeek, May 13th, 2008In this roundup of B-school research: why women are better savers,
it's good to talk up your rivals, and how a logo can spark ideas.
Women are more motivated than men to save for retirement, according to a recent report from
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CNN Money, May 13th, 2008Some 27% of American workers aged 45 and older are putting their retirement on hold, according to AARP survey.The economic downturn is hitting middle-aged and older American
workers hard, forcing more than one in four to postpone
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NYtimes, May 4th, 2008
The future of Americans’ pensions has not become a serious campaign issue so far this election season. It’s hard to get retirement issues to the front of the line when the nation faces soaring health care costs, global warming,
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The Motley Fool, May 7th, 2008
We each have a vision of what we want from our retirement years. Mine involves a lot of travel, maybe on my own by sailboat or small plane, but always starting out from a friendly community of caring neighbors who swap
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FoxBusiness, May 7th, 2008
Lower compensation and less time in workforce harms women's retirement security
Women are at a much higher risk than men of facing economic uncertainty in retirement and, on average, they'll enter retirement with considerably
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NY Times, April 21st, 2008EVEN for people who have built up a decent nest egg, deciding how to
use it is one of the demands of early retirement. The good life may be
within reach, but the financial logistics still require careful
attention.
“We were
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