business - "retirement"

Buyouts May Soar Global outplacer Challenger, Gray & Christmas says early retirements are poised to take off as the economy slows and more...

WellPoint's former chief financial officer, David Colby, left in disgrace, but he didn't leave empty handed: His cash, options and retirement plans totaled $118.2 million, according to a federal regulatory filing Friday.

The Alaska Legislature has agreed to give the state another financial tool -- albeit a somewhat risky one -- to help pay down a massive debt in its retirement systems.

Noting that Americans are living longer with fewer financial resources, a New York judge has refused to order a 59-year-old car salesman to pay lifetime maintenance to an ex-wife with health problems. Instead, the judge ordered the man to pay a $3,000 monthly stipend for 10 years. Attorneys say the case illustrates the challenge for courts in trying to project what someone facing retirement should pay to a former spouse.

Once again, Kiplinger?s is teaming with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors to offer 2 days of free financial advice. This advice would normally cost you $100 to $250...

We're looking for passionate and enthusiastic individual to be the Guide to the retirement Planning site on About.com!What sort of information do we want the new Guide to provide?Well, we're...

You?re playing a game and all at once someone shouts ?Do over? and everyone starts the game over. You get ?do overs? in quite a few things in life but...

A defined benefit retirement or pension plan is becoming more and more obsolete in favor of defined contribution plans. There are, however, several companies that still offer these plans to...

John McGinness, the 50-year-old sheriff of Sacramento County, jokes that if he had to chase a criminal the bad guy would have to help him out of the patrol car first. Bob Haagenson does a final walk-through as he leaves his Land Park home to move to Texas. Though the financial administrator is retiring at 57 from Sacramento County's Finance Department, he plans to get a new job to stay out of the house and off the sofa. Bob Haagenson, left, watches as movers Valention Cabagua and Josh Thomas pack for his move to Texas, where he's checking want ads and the federal jobs Web site. Bob Haagenson watches as movers load the truck outside his Land Park home. This is his second retirement - the first was after a 20-year career in the military. Like many baby boomers, Haagenson is reluctant to stop working and plans an 'encore' career in the Corpus Christi, Texas, area.

State Assemblyman Kevin De Leon wants to let private sector employees invest in the state's public employee retirement plan.