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        "uri": "/2014/04/14/tiaa-cref-to-buy-nuveen-investments/",
        "title": "TIAA-CREF to buy Nuveen Investments",
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        "prettyDate": "April 14, 2014",
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        "summary": "The acquisition will further strengthen TIAA-CREF as a leading provider of retirement and financial services and expand the products and serves available to its customers.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/11/should-there-be-consumer-warning-labels-on-401ks/",
        "title": "Should there be consumer warning labels on 401(k)s?",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 11, 2014",
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        "summary": "Improved fee disclosure could help individuals make better financial decisions and could also force a national conversation about how best to improve our retirement system.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/10/more-parents-saving-for-retirement-than-college/",
        "title": "More parents saving for retirement than college",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 10, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "The survey showed that on average, 53 percent of a family's savings are allocated toward retirement, compared with an average of just 10 percent for college.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/10/fifty-seven-percent-of-boomers-expect-to-move/",
        "title": "Fifty-seven percent of boomers expect to move",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 10, 2014",
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        "summary": "A study also found that 70 percent believe the house they retire in will be the best home in which they have ever lived.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/09/more-work-less-retirement-income-for-cali-public-e/",
        "title": "More work, less retirement income for Cali public employees",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 09, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "A study found that in general, new Calpers members need to save between $373 and $1,480 more each month or work 2.5 to 5 years longer to retire with the same income as members hired before the pension reform act.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/09/metlife-introduces-voluntary-retiree-life-product/",
        "title": "MetLife introduces Voluntary Retiree Life product",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 09, 2014",
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        "summary": "The plan affords retirees and their spouses three options, an initial amount for coverage up to $25,000 offered as guaranteed issue and up to $75,000 or $150,000, both of which require medical evidence.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/08/mayor-drops-property-tax-hike-from-chicago-pension/",
        "title": "Mayor drops property tax hike from Chicago pension plan reform bill",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 08, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Now, it would be up to the city to decide how to raise revenue for pensions.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/08/boomer-retirement-confidence-falls-some-signs-of-o/",
        "title": "Boomer retirement confidence falls, some signs of optimism",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 08, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Only one-third of the 800 respondents said they had saved enough to retire comfortably, and just 35 percent expressed confidence in their financial preparation for retirement.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/07/seiu-petitions-congress-to-lift-cap-on-social-secu/",
        "title": "SEIU petitions Congress to lift cap on Social Security payments",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 07, 2014",
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        "summary": "The limit changes every year based on changes in the national average wage index. For earnings in 2014, the base in $117,000.",
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        "uri": "/2014/04/07/nearly-every-state-falls-short-on-retirement-readi/",
        "title": "Nearly every state falls short on retirement readiness",
        "byline": "Lisa Barron",
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        "prettyDate": "April 07, 2014",
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        "summary": "The highest-ranking state for workplace retirement plan participation in 2012, Iowa, had only 54 percent of private employees participating in a pension or 401(k).",
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