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Retirement
- AARP Pitches for Older Workers
The nation's leading organization for seniors launched an online effort yesterday to help companies recruit and retain workers 50 and older. - Risk-Reward Gamble
A shift -- from the New Deal to the Ownership Society -- is a sea change in the way Americans view the relationship between themselves and the government, and between themselves and the rest of society. - Bush's Social Security Formula Is Weighed
The administration's proposed social security plan would cut promised benefits by nearly a third in the coming decades, several Republicans close to the White House say. - Shrinking Coverage
Employer-paid health care for retired workers has been growing sharply more expensive, and the number of companies willing to provide it continues to shrink. - Pension Promise No Guarantee of Security
With just eight years to go, Steve Derebey had been eyeing his mandatory retirement age with something close to relief. - Congressman to Push for Tougher Pension Rules
The legislation would require companies to keep their pension plans fully funded, encourages them to put in more money, even in boom times, and removes the legal uncertainty surrounding cash balance plans. - Many Area Firms Avoid Pension Crisis
A number of big Washington area companies say they have dodged the pension crisis that has hit many industries by freezing or overfunding their defined-benefit pension plans. - Federal Pension Provider Overwhelmed
The agency charged with ensuring that workers from bankrupt companies get their pensions faces a record deficit. - Embarking on a Second Act
Leah D. Thayer worked in commercial real estate for 30 years, overseeing leasing and management of retail projects such as the Houston Galleria and the Chevy Chase Pavilion as a vice president of Hines Interests LP, a Houston-based international real estate development company. Now she is studying acting, working on skills she set aside decades ago, and hoping to develop a career doing commercials, local theater and radio. - Treasury Wants to Permit Firms to Convert Pension Plans
The Treasury Department plans to propose new rules Tuesday that would allow employers to resume converting traditional pension plans to new "cash balance" plans that can lower benefits to long-serving workers. - Are You Saving Enough?
About one of every eight Americans is retirement age. By 2030, that number will become about one out of five. The time to think of pensions, Social Security, 401(k) and IRAs is now.