Add another entry to your list of retirement concerns: the possibility of getting whacked at your long-term care facility.

The 159,500 net new jobs in retail in October marked a 6.7 percent increase from October 2012, when retailers increased their payrolls by 149,400, the outplacement firm said.

The nominal rate of the minimum wage has increased by 2,800 percent from its original value of 25 cents per hour, but the real value of the wage has declined from its 1968 peak by 33 percent.