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2 hrs ago | Virgin Islands Daily News

Bill to phase out COLA for federal workers in V.I. advances in Congress

Under a bill passed last week by the House of Representatives, cost-of-living allowances for federal government employees working in the Virgin Islands could become a thing of the past.

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Related Topix: US News, Donna Christensen, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Personal Finance

7 hrs ago | Whittier Daily News

Another View: Pension bill in 1999 led to state budget woes

If there was one moment that foreshadowed California's long, sad descent from multibillion-dollar surpluses to deficits as far as the eye can see, it was that day in 1999 when the Senate approved legislation to increase pensions for state workers and opened the door for bigger retirement checks for local workers.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance

Sun Jul 05, 2009

The Post-Standard

Continue reading "CNY unions still angry with Madoff"

Bernie Madoff's victims from around the nation will pack a Manhattan courtroom this morning to see him sentenced for stealing billions in the biggest Ponzi scheme in Wall Street history.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Syracuse University, Syracuse Metro, Syracuse, NY

The Chronicle Herald

Alexis Arguello, 57

Alexis Arguello, 57 Ex-boxer, mayor of Managua dies of gunshot wound By BRUCE WEBER New York Times Sun.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Personal Finance, Travel, Nicaragua Travel, Central America, Mixed Martial Arts, firstname lastname

Fox News

Billions More to Recover

While the story of Bernie Madoff came to an end on Monday with a sentence of 150 years in prison, the tale of his victims is far from over.

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Related Topix: Bernie Madoff, Personal Finance, Business News

IcWales

More has to be done as pension funds lose value

IN A TIME of continuing bad news, one of the most shocking revelations about the state of our economy came last week from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Opinion

Daily Mail

BBC chiefs rack up ' 14m pensions funded by taxpayer'

BBC chiefs 'rack up biggest pensions ever seen in public sector' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:03 PM on 05th July 2009 Two BBC chiefs have racked up taxpayer-funded pensions worth more than 14million - the biggest in the public sector, according to new research.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance

Augusta Chronicle

Move to child's home major adjustment for seniors

From deciding where grandma will sleep to knowing her preferred bed time, turning a home into three-generation household takes plenty of planning and frank discussions that can be difficult.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Health, AARP

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Marin Independent Journal

Madoff sentenced to 150 years, but Marin victims get no satisfaction

Marin victims of convicted Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff were pleased Monday when Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison, but they were far from satisfied.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Novato, CA, Personal Finance

The Courier-Journal

Scandal dims Rattner's financial star status

NEW YORK - Steven Rattner had but one assignment when the president brought him to Washington in February.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Publishing, New York Times, Pension, Personal Finance, Brown University

Philly.com

Proposal would have state take over city pension plan

A proposal circulating in the legislature could result in a state takeover of Philadelphia's municipal pension plan, and officials from the city and the pension board are raising alarms.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Philadelphia, PA

News24

Social welfare net 'growing'

The state has started paying welfare grants to an additional 300 000 teenagers and 70 000 elderly men in the past year, Social Development Minister Edna Molewa said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Personal Finance

ScrippsNews

Networth: How the rich and famous manage to go broke

Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 15:03. It would seem inconceivable if it didn't happen so often: highly paid celebrities and athletes going broke.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Personal Finance

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

SEC register 'would kill a 3-partner VC firm'

Registering venture capital firms -- along with hedge funds and private equity firms -- with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as President Obama's administration plans to do, would be "very burdensome" for small VC firms, said Michael Stark, co-founder and general partner at Crosslink Capital.

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Related Topix: Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Personal Finance

Sunday Tribune

Two minutes to pension midnight

Irish pensions are collapsing. But the government is running away from offering meaningful assistance.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Travel, Ireland Travel

Times Online

Bernard Madoff victim claims: a He robbed me. Ia ll be unable to afford food'

Miriam Siegman, 65, one of Bernard Madoff's many victims, is now reduced to scavenging for food in skips James Bone Many of Bernard Madoff's victims have been forced to sell their homes or cancel retirement plans.

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Related Topix: Bernie Madoff, Personal Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

Fox News

Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years

Ponzi-scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison, after appearing in U.S. District Court in New York on Monday.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Personal Finance, Viola, NY, Business News

The Herald

Pension reform plans a should have been even more radicala

Pension reform plans 'should have been even more radical' The author of the government blueprint on the future of pensions in Britain has confessed he now wishes he had been more radical in his proposals for pension reform.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance

Myrtle Beach Online

Retired workers to see state refunds

The S.C. Retirement System must pay back about $40 million in retirement contributions it improperly took from the paychecks of state employees who participated in a program that lets them continue working after retirement, a state judge ruled this week.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Georgetown County, SC, Richland County, SC, Georgetown, SC

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Hispanic Business

$2 Million Settles Kickback Scandal

A California financial company on Wednesday agreed to repay $2 million to New York state's giant public pension fund after one of the company's former partners was implicated in paying a kickback to secure investment deals from the fund.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance

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