I've started to consider whether retiring overseas might be a good strategy. Moving to countries like Mexico, Ecuador and Thailand, where the cost of living can be far lower than in the U.S., can turn a modest nest egg into something more substantial.

Restaurants and other businesses in San Francisco collected almost $14 million dollars in extra fees last year to comply with the city's landmark universal health-care ordinance, but records show 40 percent of that money hasn't been spent on health care.

U.S. corporate pension deficits decreased by $58 billion in August, according to new data by Mercer.

New York's AG is investigating tax strategies of some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by Mitt Romney