Retirement

U.S. manufacturers expanded in February at the fastest pace since June 2011, buoyed by increases in new orders and production. The third straight month of growth suggests factories may help the economy this year after slumping through most of 2012.

Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found.

Only 49 percent of the non-retired say they are saving enough in retirement to achieve a desirable standard of living.

Eighty-one percent of Americans say they would support an act by Congress to make pensions more widely available, according to a recent nationwide report by the National Institute on Retirement Security.

The tool also gives a target score as a reference point for how much they should have saved so far.

Retirement plans are an inviting target because they are the second largest tax expenditure in the federal budget.