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UNCLE SAM

OBAMA: BUDGET 'FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE' PLAN

OBAMA BUDGET INCLUDES ENTITLEMENT CHANGES

BOOMERS WANT ANSWERS ON HOW TO HANDLE SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS

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WORKPLACE AND CAREER

MORE OLDER AMERICANS REMAINING PART OF THE WORK FORCE

HOW TO HANDLE THE PERSON WHO ALWAYS NEED TO BE IN CHARGE

WORKPLACE IS THE 'NEW NEIGHBORHOOD'

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DON'T LET FLASHY APPS DITCH YOU

EMPLOYEES NOT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING HEALTH RIGHT NOW, SURVEY FINDS

OUT OF WORK, OUT OF OPTIONS AND OVER THE HILL

HAIL TO THE AMERICAN WORK ETHIC

FUN WAYS TO BEEF UP YOUR RESUME

INVESTING IS UNIQUE TO EACH PERSON

9 WAYS TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER LOSING YOUR JOB

OVER-WORKED AMERICANS LOSE VACATION DAYS

SHOULD I...PAY DOWN THE CREDIT CARD?

ON CRAIGSLIST, THE JOBLESS AND DESPERATE PLEAD FOR WORK

BENEFICIARY OF FRIEND'S RETIREMENT ACCT

FORMER NURSE WANTS HER LICENSE

PAY-DOWN THE MORTGAGE WITH THE IRA'S?

SOCIAL SECURITY: DIVORCED AND THEN WIDOWED

SOCIAL SECURITY - TAKE IT NOW OR WAIT?

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THE PROS AND CONS OF REVERSE MORTGAGES

HIGH-DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH CARE PLANS GROWING - SLOWLY

REVERSE MORTGAGES - WHAT TO THINK ABOUT

SERVICE IS A MEDICARE MATCHMAKER FOR ALL

MARKET TIMING GAINS FAVOR IN TIMES LIKE THESE

HOW MUCH DOES LONG TERM CARE COST?

Money and Finance for Baby Boomers and After Fifty Living

For many boomers retirement age is a moving target image

FOR MANY BOOMERS, 'RETIREMENT AGE' IS A MOVING TARGET

Just how much the Great Recession reshaped what many baby boomers thought retirement would look like is becoming clearer: More than ever they now expect to retire later or work when they're "retired."

In 1991, just one in 10 workers told the Employee Benefit Research Institute that they planned to wait to retire until they were older than 65. By 2007, three in 10 said that.

This year? More than four in 10. more details

Thinking about

Retirement

INSURANCE

A QUICK LOOK AT OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE LAW

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The new health care law was devised in Washington, but it's in the states where everyone will find out if it works. A thumbnail glance at how it's designed:
-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the biggest safety-net ... more

HEALTH CARE COSTS RISING FASTER THAN INCOME

It might be small comfort for those buried under medical bills, but the consumer's share of the total U.S. health care outlay is dropping, according to government spending statistics. This comes after a decade of drifting toward higher-deductible plans, higher ... more

OPTIONS ENSURE YOUR LONG-TERM CARE IS COVERED

If you don't want to buy - or can't qualify for - stand- alone, long-term-care insurance, there are other ways to protect your retirement savings from the potentially devastating cost of long-term care. And if you don't use the benefits ... more

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JOB HUNTING

BEST JOBS FOR GRAY-HAIRED WORKERS

"Retirement job" seems like an oxymoron. And yet a growing number of Americans say that they plan to continue to work during their retirement years.
Unfortunately, finding employers willing to hire them is not easy.
"The elephant in the workplace ... more

SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT DOOR TO OPEN

Like his father before him, Mike Coble has spent his adult life on the road, trucking up and down Interstate 5.
The youthful-looking 51-year-old didn't think much about following his father's tracks. After all, it provided a regular paycheck in ... more

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NETWORKING CAN OPEN THE JOB MARKET

Patrice Strachan was the vice president of operations with a manufacturer's representative group selling IT products when the shrinking economy took her job away in 2010.
But the Midlothian (VA) woman joined the Career Prospectors job-finder group in January last ... more

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PERSONAL FINANCE

CONSIDER AN 'IMMEDIATE ANNUITY' FOR RETIREMENT

When you retire, you have the option of using some of the assets in your 401(k) plan to purchase an immediate fixed annuity to provide a steady income.
Now some employers are offering an annuity within their 401(k) that protects ... more

BOOMERS NEED TO ACT NOW TO ERASE MONEY FEARS

When it comes to retirement, many of us are running scared. One of the biggest fears is that we'll live long enough to run out of money, according to a survey by Merrill Edge.
Financial adviser Philip Rousseaux says the ... more

TIPS FOR HELPING FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH MONEY PROBLEMS

When loved ones struggle with finances, it's natural to want to help. However, sometimes it's difficult to provide assistance without straining a relationship or compromising one's own financial well-being.
"The economy may be getting better, but many consumers are ... more

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RETIREMENT AND ESTATES

A LOOK AT RETIREMENT SAVINGS RISKS

There's war on the American homefront, and we aren't winning it.
That's the word from journalist Martin Smith in a "Frontline" documentary "The Retirement Gamble," on PBS.
According to Smith, who has covered battlegrounds around the world, this is a different ... more

RETIREMENT, HEALTH CARE CONCERNS OFF-THE-CHARTS

Many people nearing retirement don't have a good feeling about whether they have saved enough to make it through retirement.
Add to that worries about health care costs in retirement, and those concerns are off the chart. They should be. ... more

BOTH GENDERS' LACK OF RETIREMENT SAVINGS PAINTS GRIM PICTURE

I've covered gender differences in financial issues for years. Periodically, studies come out that say women are worse at planning for retirement than men. They outlive men, on average, and tend to put away less for retirement, so they end ... more

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