Women don't save as well as the opposite sex does for retirement because they don't have access to financial advice, says a new survey.

Manufacturing strengthened in most districts, helped by more production of cars, trucks and high-tech products.

The president vowed to focus the last three years of his presidency on addressing the discrepancy and a rapidly growing deficit of opportunity that he said is a bigger threat than the fiscal deficit.

The figure suggests that hiring remained healthy in November after picking up in the prior three months.