Los Angeles Times

• Los Angeles comes out ahead in pension game

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  January 18, 2013

  Despite a rough economy in recent years, Los Angeles has managed to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to saving for workers' retirement and long-term health care costs.

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  Watching out for auto-refills on prescription drugs

  By Dave Marley  |  November 19, 2012

  Complex language and fee structures make pharmacy benefit managers tricky to deal with—and the results can often be hazardous to an employers’ bottom line.

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  Beyond the tipping point

  By Mark Roberts  |  November 16, 2012

  The next few years are going to be challenging for everyone. Here are a few tips to manage your own fiscal cliff.

• L.A. pension plan overhaul becomes a political football

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  November 16, 2012

  A proposal to drop pension benefits for new hires and subsitute a DC plan has mayoral candidates and the L.A. police union up in arms.

• California city proposes well-being study

  By The Associated Press  |  November 14, 2012

  Once referred to as the "people's republic of Santa Monica" because of its socially conscious government, the Los Angeles coastal suburb now wants to find out whether its citizens are feeling groovy.

• SEC charges radio's Ray Lucia with misleading investors

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  September 6, 2012

  Prominent wealth manager Ray Lucia, host of a national radio program, has been chastized by the SEC for misleading claims on retirement planning.

• Another California city opts for bankruptcy

  By The Associated Press  |  July 11, 2012

  San Bernadino joins Stockton as another large city forced to bankruptcy because of troubles covering payroll and pension costs for employees.

• California struggles with state pension reform

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  July 3, 2012

  As part of Gov. Jerry Brown's wave of cost-cutting changes to the still-embattled state, a legislative panel had considered upping the retirement age, though workers could still retire early and receive less benefits.

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  Reform claims fact check

  By Calvin Woodward, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  July 2, 2012

  In promoting the health care law, President Barack Obama is repeating his persistent and unsubstantiated assurance that Americans who like their health insurance can simply keep it. Republican rival Mitt Romney says quite the opposite, but his doomsday scenario is a stretch.

• Mutual fund industry strikes back at 401(k) criticism

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  June 8, 2012

  The ICI's Paul Stevens said 401(k)s continue to provide an adaptable retirement planning vehicle for Americans, unlike increasingly troubled DB plans.