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    "articles": [
      {
        "uri": "/2014/04/28/earnings-season-positive-so-far-but-markets-remain/",
        "title": "Earnings season positive so far, but markets remain uncertain",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "April 28, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        ],
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        "summary": "The performance of equities for current retirees is perhaps more important than ever, as many advisors are using stocks and dividend paying stocks to supplant fixed-income and money-market funds, which lag due to low interest rates.",
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      },
      {
        "uri": "/2014/04/28/median-income-down-in-march/",
        "title": "Median income down in March",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "April 28, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        },
        "authors": [
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        "summary": "Median annual household income in March was $53,043, down 0.7 percent in real terms from February 2014.",
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      },
      {
        "uri": "/2014/04/28/are-hedge-funds-too-much-for-the-401k-market/",
        "title": "Are hedge funds too much for the 401(k) market?",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "April 28, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "7 minute",
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        },
        "authors": [
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        ],
        "kickerNode": [],
        "summary": "Some funds give investors access to hedge fund managers who previously only worked with accredited, high net-worth individuals or institutions.",
        "body": null
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      {
        "uri": "/2014/04/14/supreme-court-taking-interest-in-fiduciary-cases/",
        "title": "Supreme Court taking interest in fiduciary cases",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "April 14, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "7 minute",
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        },
        "authors": [
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          }
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        "summary": "Three cases of interest to the Supreme Court have the potential to move the needle in the direction of plaintiffs claims.",
        "body": null
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      {
        "uri": "/2014/03/31/cits-what-you-need-to-know-and-why/",
        "title": "CITs: What you need to know and why",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "March 31, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "7 minute",
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        },
        "authors": [
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        ],
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        "summary": "CITs are arguably changing the retirement investment landscape because of an insistence on behalf of plans sponsors of all sizes, but particularly the largest, to keep their exposure to management fees in control.",
        "body": null
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      {
        "uri": "/2014/03/12/san-jose-city-hall-police-struggle-for-pension-com/",
        "title": "San Jose City Hall, police struggle for pension compromise",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "March 12, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "9 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "The POA has mounted a concerted effort to reduce staffing in our police department, which has undermined the department and increased the workload on the remaining officers, said Mayor Reed via email to BenefitsPro.",
        "body": null
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      {
        "uri": "/2014/03/04/consequences-of-the-401k-compliance-push/",
        "title": "Consequences of the 401(k) compliance push",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "March 04, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "Will small and mid-sized businesses with limited internal resources find the prospect of compliance so onerous that they stray from plan sponsorship?",
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      },
      {
        "uri": "/2014/02/28/obama-budget-would-cut-tax-advantages-for-employer/",
        "title": "Obama budget would cut tax advantages for employer plans",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "February 28, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "By limiting the value of tax deductions, defined contribution exclusions and IRA deductions to 28 percent of income, the Obama administration hopes to create $1 billion a year in new tax revenue.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2014/02/25/generous-payouts-for-houston-firemen-come-as-city/",
        "title": "Generous payouts for Houston firemen come as city sues pension fund",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "February 25, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "The payouts come at a time when the city of Houston is suing the firefighters pension fund for the right to have local negotiating power over the citys future contributions to the fund.",
        "body": null
      },
      {
        "uri": "/2014/02/24/risk-on-appetite-continues-into-new-week/",
        "title": "Risk-on appetite continues into new week",
        "byline": "Nick Thornton",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "February 24, 2014",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        ],
        "kickerNode": [],
        "summary": "The weeks inflows represented a .2 percent rise in total Assets Under Management (AUM), bringing the total value of AUM to even year-to-date.",
        "body": null
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