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Immigration makes Spanish pensions system more sustainable

Immigration makes Spanish pensions system more sustainable

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from the University of Valladolid have constructed a demographic and economic simulation model called 'Carrión', which projects the costs of pensions, Social Security contributions and GDP ...


Verizon shareholders to vote on executive pay

Technology / Business

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A movement to give shareholders influence over compensation awarded to company executives gets an early test Thursday as Verizon Communications Inc. becomes the latest to hold a "say on pay" vote.


Another bailout? Government pension insurer could be next, expert says

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Another multi-billion-dollar taxpayer bailout could lie ahead, this time to rescue a cash-strapped government program that insures pensions of 44 million American workers and retirees, a University of Illinois finance professor ...


'Credit Crunch' Will Hit Retirees in Unequal Ways

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created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How severely retirees will be affected by the continuing financial crisis and subsequent "credit crunch" depends to a considerable extent on the kinds of retirement plans they rely on for retirement income, ...





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Study shows that sleep disturbances improve after retirement

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Nov.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that retirement is followed by a sharp decrease in the prevalence of sleep disturbances. Findings suggest that this general improvement in sleep is likely to result from t ...


Roth IRA conversion not a good fit for all, tax expert says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Starting next year, anyone can convert retirement savings into tax-advantaged Roth individual retirement accounts, but the much-touted switch isn't for everyone, a University of Illinois expert on tax and elder law warns.


VA to ease way for vets to get stress disability

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Female soldiers and others in dangerous roles that once were behind front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan have long complained about how hard it is to prove their combat experience when applying for disability due ...


Entrepreneurs face venture capital funding drought

Technology / Business

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The number of US venture capital firms that raised new investment money sank to a 15-year low in the last fiscal quarter as a drought of funding threatened innovation around the world.


Tech industry takes unlikely lead on reforming executive pay

Technology / Business

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Technology companies are hardly the most prominent villains in the ongoing drama over exorbitant executive pay.


Simmons plans to file for bankruptcy protection

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Simmons Co., the maker of Beautyrest mattresses, said Friday that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a move that will put new owners in charge of the bedding unit and significantly lower the ...


The founders of Skype fired back against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.

Skype founders file another suit over eBay sale

Technology / Internet

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.


Private exchange to aid startups seeking more cash

Technology / Business

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Since June, a Web site called SharesPost has been helping a small pool of qualified buyers and sellers trade shares in fast-growing startups that have not yet gone public. Now, the private stock exchange is hoping ...


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eBay to sell Skype to investor group, to retain 35 pct stake (Update)

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars.


Retirees' health-care benefits at risk, study warns

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A nearly two-decade trend that is stripping away employer-provided health-care benefits for retirees in private business will likely continue and could soon hit an even deeper pool of government retirees, new research by ...



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