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21 min ago | The Baltimore Sun

T. Rowe Price announces new series of target-date retirement funds

T. Rowe Price plans to launch a new series of 11 target-date retirement funds later this summer, the Baltimore-based money manager said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, T Rowe Price Group, Investment Services, Personal Finance

1 hr ago | ABC 4

Ask The Expert: Preparing for retirement

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Travis McGhee, CEO of FuturesANIMAL, discussed how to financially prepare for retirement.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Salt Lake City, UT, 401K

5 hrs ago | Pensions & Investments

University of California regents make sweeping asset allocation changes

University of California Board of Regents' investment committee approved on Tuesday a significant reduction to its fixed-income exposure to 20% from 65% in its $4.7 billion Total Return Investment Pool.

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Related Topix: REIT, Personal Finance

9 hrs ago | Calhoun Times

Increased investment could mean stronger retirement fund

Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 71, sponsored by Rep. Lynne Riley , which amends current law to allow the Georgia Municipal Employee Benefits System retirement fund to increase its investment allocation in real estate from 5 percent to 10 percent.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Nathan Deal, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Calhoun, GA

13 hrs ago | Catoosa County News

Catoosa commissioners hear grievance filed by Larry Black

Attorney Mike Raulston questions Catoosa County sheriff Gary Sisk during an appeals hearing heard by the county Board of Commissioners.

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Related Topix: Catoosa County, GA, Personal Finance

17 hrs ago | MarketWatch

Robert Powell's Retirement Portfolio: When advisers go from hero to zero

Let's say you have a health problem and you visit two or three internists. Chances are good you would receive a similar diagnosis and treatment from each doctor.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, MarketWatch, Startups, Social Security, Sherborn, MA, North Andover, MA, Andover, MA

Tue May 21, 2013

Philly.com

Activists: Urban Outfitters' board lacks diversity

Urban Outfitters Inc. is the high-profile local company that shareholder activists are targeting once again over a lack of diversity on its board of directors.

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Related Topix: Urban Outfitters, Retail, Apparel, Philadelphia, PA, Pension, Personal Finance

MarketWatch

Gen X-ers may never be able to retire

Typical Generation Xers now in their late 30s to late 40s saw their net worth drop by a larger proportion than older Americans during the financial crisis and came out of it less prepared for retirement than the post-World War II boomer generation, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Social Security

TheStreet.com

Workers Know It: In Retirement Planning, They're On Their Own

According to Financial Finesse's study, Trends in Employee Financial Issues , more and more "employees accept that they can cannot rely on employers to fund their retirement and health care, and instead are taking control of finances themselves." Clearly, Americans are worried about their financial futures, especially at a time when, by some ... (more)

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Business News

NWCN.com

Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference

Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Neil Abercrombie, Democrat, Pension, Personal Finance, US Governors

Philly.com

Retirement is going to cost you

WHEN IT COMES to how much money we all need to retire comfortably, it gives us a headache.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Long Term Care, Health, Medicare, Medicine

Pensions & Investments

Philadelphia Gas Works Retirement re-signs Eagle Asset for equities

Philadelphia Gas Works Retirement Reserve rehired Eagle Asset Management to run about $13 million in active domestic small-cap growth equities, confirmed Charles Jones, executive director of the Philadelphia Sinking Fund Commission, which manages the $441 million pension fund.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Pension

Mon May 20, 2013

The Miami Herald

Lew taps government retiree pension fund

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said late Monday he will begin tapping into two government employee retirement funds to buy more time before the U.S. Treasury is faced with the prospect of defaulting on the national debt.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance

The Jersey Journal

Biz Brain: Retirement savings for an infant

Q. I am looking to open a trust fund for an 8-month-old baby boy. I would like him to have something when he gets old enough to retire, but I'm not sure where to start.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Morristown, NJ, Estate Planning, Pennington, NJ

Mirror.co.uk

Pensions: Cost of retirement on the rise according to Office for National Statistics data

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that the amount of money a man of 65 needs to obtain a retirement income of A 5,000 per year has increased by a whopping 29% in the last three years.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance

Myrtle Beach Online

Q&A: Vanguard founder sees retirement system as broken, but curable

Few American business leaders are as connected to the concepts of saving and long-term investing as John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Pension, Social Security, Business News

KMIZ

Amateur investors tap 401(k)s to buy homes

In order to get in on hot housing markets, amateur investors are buying up homes and taking risky measures -- like tapping their retirement accounts -- to fund the deals.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, West Seneca, NY, Home, Mortgage, IRA, Housing

Patch.com

Gwinnett School Tax Millage Expected to Rise

After holding the line in the face of declining revenue in recent years, the Gwinnett County Board of Education anticipates having to raise the tax millage rate to fund the FY2014 budget.

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Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA, Suwanee, GA, Personal Finance, 9

Sun May 19, 2013

Crescent-News.com

Retired couples may need $220K for health care

After years of increasing health care costs, the outlook is improving for seniors worried about paying their medical bills during retirement.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Medicare, Health, Long Term Care

Patch.com

Retiring at 50: Could You Follow This Michigan Woman's Extreme Savings Plan?

Americans may be living longer, but our retirement plans aren't keeping up. Which means people are living longer with smaller bank accounts.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Michigan