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Bending the Tax Code, and Lifting A.I.G.’s Profit (New York Times)
By Staff WriterAIG's reported $19.8 billion fourth-quarter profit isn't all its cracked up to be.
February 29, 2012
Bankers Life: Remind Boomers About Part B CostsThe folks who didn't trust anyone over 30 are starting to get Medicare -- and unexpected bills.
February 29, 2012
American College: Many Small Business Owners Unprepared for RetirementThe research reveals that while the overwhelming majority of small business owners are concerned about retirement, a third of the women and a quarter of the men surveyed have not estimated how much they are going to need when they retire.
February 29, 2012
MetLife: U.S. Pension Risk Behavior Index at Highest Level in Four YearsThe survey pegs its Risk Importance Concentration at 40%, up from 37% in 2011, 1% in 2010 and 30% in 2009. The measure, says MetLife, indicates that plan sponsors are differentiating among 18 risk factors to a large degree and focusing specific risks they believe have the greatest impact on...
February 29, 2012
Pru to Hold Conference to Help Vets and Law Enforcement Change CareersVeterans returning home from a decade of war, military men and women who are already home and having trouble finding employment and law enforcement officials who have been laid off due to budgetary constraints will have the opportunity to be educated on how to transition to new careers.
February 29, 2012
Fed Sells Remaining Maiden Lane II Securities; Sees Net Gain of $2.8BThe Federal Reserve Bank of New York late Tuesday finally closed out one chapter of the controversial bailout of American International Group by selling the last remaining securities held in the Maiden Lane II facility.
February 29, 2012
Life Settlement's PR SaviorThe life settlement industry had just had quite possibly the most effective public relations campaign imaginable dropped in their lap and the best part is, they can make money at it too.
February 29, 2012
Life Settlement's PR SaviorThe life settlement industry had just had quite possibly the most effective public relations campaign imaginable dropped in their lap and the best part is, they can make money at it too.