WellPoint Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings sank 39 percent as medical claims soared thanks to a $50 million hit from the health insurer's Medicare Advantage business, but the company forecast earnings growth in 2012.

For the more than 12 million beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, resolving to make the most of their coverage could result in improved health and more money in their pockets in 2012.

Is there a chance that ETFs might break into the 401(k) business? CNBC columnist Neil Plein says the existing resistence, based on low returns for advisors and institutions, might change with a new payment system.

Thirty-eight percent of executives are more willing to negotiate salary with top candidates than they were just one year ago, according to a new survey by Robert Half, a specialized staffing firm headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif.

Technology professionals are receiving their largest annual salary growth since 2008, according to the 2012-2011 Salary Survey from Dice, the career site for technology and engineering professionals.

In a move thats already outraged those on the right while eliciting little more than shrugs from the left, President Obama will not address the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in tonights State of the Union address.

Paychex, Inc., has launched a new offering for fee-based financial advisors, called Paychex Advisor Select401(k).

The "Managing Retirement Decisions" series suggests consumers carefully time their retirement, as well as avoiding all solicitations on financial products and ignore their friends' and families' well-intentioned financial advice.