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By Paula Aven Gladych |
May 1, 2012
The nation’s state and local public employee retirement systems had $2.7 trillion in total cash and investment holdings in 2010, a 10.6 percent increase from 2009.
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By Bill Coffin |
April 23, 2012
IRI Joins nearly 30 other financial services groups in written testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee, asking for support of retirement tax benefits.
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By Andy Stonehouse |
April 16, 2012
Poised to testify Tuesday before the House Ways & Means Committee, ASPPA issues research suggesting current retirement tax incentives are not as costly as suggested.
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By Joshua Freed |
March 30, 2012
Rising consumer spending boosted stocks on Friday, and Wall Street closed its best first quarter since 1998.
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By Kelvin Chan |
March 5, 2012
American International Group Inc. is selling part of its stake in AIA Group Ltd. to raise $6 billion as it continues to repay the $182 billion government bailout that prevented the company's collapse during the 2008 financial crisis.
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By Liz Festa, Andy Stonehouse |
February 3, 2012
Retirement planning could be given a whole new angle with the Obama Administration's endorsement of the use of annuities in defined benefit plans.
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By Christopher S. Rugaber, Daniel Wagner |
January 18, 2012
U.S. factories are roaring back from the depths of the recession, cranking out more machinery, vehicles and energy.
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By Hope Yen |
November 15, 2011
The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive down mail volume.
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By Amanda McGrory |
October 21, 2011
State unemployment insurance programs are facing their worst financial position since they were founded in 1935, according to a recent brief by the National Academy of Social Insurance.
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By Calvin Woodward, Christopher S. Rugaber |
October 12, 2011
Is regulation strangling the American entrepreneur? Several Republican presidential candidates say so. The numbers don't.
