Retirement

Federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL labor talks, with the season's first 2 months already lost because of the lockout.

Laura Cali will assist advisors in the Western region with plan reviews, investment change processing and other support for TPA-serviced plans.

U.S. consumer confidence rose this month to its highest level in almost five years, helped by a better outlook for hiring over the next six months.

A report issued Monday by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's administration warned of higher taxes, program cuts, lower business growth and steeper borrowing costs because of the state's financial obligations toward the two large public-sector pension plans.

President Barack Obama has chosen Elisse Walter, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to lead the agency after Chairman Mary Schapiro leaves next month.

Mary Schapiro will step down as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission next month after a tumultuous tenure in which she helped lead the U.S. government's regulatory response to the 2008 financial crisis.