I’ve seen it happen twice, once with a friend, the other with a relative. Both were happy-go-lucky fellows who saved little and didn’t think much (if at all) about financial planning.

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Keep your resolution to plan for retirement (Orange County Register)

Are you financially ready for retirement? If you’re feeling concerned about your standard of living after retirement, you’re not alone.

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The ABCs of Retirement Planning (Sparta Expositor)

Taxpayers have the opportunity in 2010 to save tax-free retirement income by converting current individual retirement accounts into Roth IRAs. If it all sounds like too much trouble, think again.

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Huntington Bank’s Five Tips for Growing Tax-Free Retirement Income Through Roth IRAs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Get bankable advice about saving for retirement–minus the jargon, charts and mind-numbing details normally associated with the topic.

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Make Your Retirement Dollars Count in Any Economy, Says Former Wall Street Executive (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

you could actually end up saving too much. When you’re navigating the choppy retirement waters, here are six other mistakes to avoid. 1) Break a Leg? Don’t Invest Too Much in Stocks The model u…

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Six Mistakes to Avoid When Saving for Retirement (MalaysiaNews.net)

After about two years and one recession, the University Healthcare and Retirement Community project on Columbus Road in Athens has full financing in place and is ready to begin phase one construction as soon as weather permits. Project director Bill Bias confirmed that the financing is in place and said that construction of the first phase will take somewhere between nine months and one year to …

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Full funding in place for retirement center to begin construction (The Athens News)

Today about 10% of the population is over saving for the Golden Years. Here’s how to avoid that and 6 other common retirement-planning mistakes.

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Six Mistakes to Avoid When Saving for Retirement (Fox News)

How to avoid over saving and 6 other common mistakes when it comes to retirement planning.

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Money Tree: Could You Be Saving TOO MUCH for Retirement? (Fox News)

I’ve seen it happen twice: once with a friend, the other with a relative.

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Planning for retirement a resolution to keep (Baltimore Sun)

I have seen it happen twice, once with a friend, the other with a relative. Both were happy-go-lucky fellows who saved little and didn’t think much (if at all) about financial planning.

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Savings Game: Keep your resolution to plan for retirement (The Salt Lake Tribune)

BOSTON — In among the year-end statements now arriving in your mailboxes from financial-services firms are invitations to use their retirement-planning calculators. You’d be wise to ignore that offer.

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Retirement-planning software neglects some risks (Pioneer Press)

A mixed-use senior retirement community is planned on about 12 acres in east Bibb County, and it is expected to be discussed Monday by the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission.

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Financial literacy is critical in a tough economy, especially for women, who earn less money than men and face greater retirement challenges and other obstacles.

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Short on money? (The Arizona Republic)

PERKINS TWP. If every county employee eligible for retirement opted to quit the rat race by the end of the year and cash in on accrued vacation and sick time, taxpayers would be on the hook for about $860,000.

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Erie County faces retirement ‘time bomb’ (The Sandusky Register)

Entering a new year is always a good time for making resolutions. Getting serious about planning one’s financial future should be very high on that list of resolutions. Today’s commentary looks at the second, and most important, phase of retirement planning — the wealth distribution phase. It should not be a surprise that this aspect is almost always overlooked, for most people usually focus …

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Planning for the wealth distribution phase of retirement (North Bay Business Journal)

The U.S. Government says 2010 is the year many of us can convert to a Roth IRA. Here’s what you should know before you decide

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Planning for Retirement: The Five Big Questions (Time Magazine)

PERKINS TWP. If every county employee eligible for retirement opted to quit the rat race by the end of the year and cash in on accrued vacation and sick time, taxpayers would be on the hook for about $860,000.

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County faces retirement time bomb (The Sandusky Register)

In among the year-end statements now arriving in your mailboxes from financial-services firms are invitations to use their retirement-planning calculators. You’d be wise to ignore that offer.

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Robert Powell: Retirement-plan tools are risky business (Market Watch)

The Arbor Acres retirement community is headed back to the City-County Planning Board with final development plans to expand its campus.

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Plan may get OK: Arbor Acres wants board’s approval to expand its campus (Winston-Salem Journal)

Investment in pension plans is crucial to your retirement planning. InvestmentYogi tells you all about it.

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Pension plans: The smart way to retirement (rediff.com)

First Selectman Jeb Walker has asked the Health and Human Services Commission to initiate a complete review of the idea of building a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in New Canaan.

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First Selectman orders town retirement center review (New Canaan Advertiser)

Below are the limits on 2009 contributions, which for individual retirement accounts can be made until the tax filing deadline of April 15, 2010. The 2010 amounts will help in your retirement savings planning.

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Bankrate’s 2010 Tax Guide (Bankrate.com)

PICKERING — Despite some objections from the community, Pickering’s planning and development committee has approved plans for a retirement residence on Kingston Road. V!VA Retirement Living…

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New retirement residence for Pickering (The Pickering News Advertiser)

Question: I’m 57 and I think there’s a good chance I’ll be laid off this year. If that happens, I’ll have to move my 401(k) balance to an IRA. On the recommendation of a finance professional, many of my former co-workers have transferred their 401(k) savings into annuities. Do you think this is the way to go? — E.Z., Deer Park, N.Y.

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Retirement planning for the laid off (CNN Money)

Question: I’m 57 and I think there’s a good chance I’ll be laid off this year. If that happens, I’ll have to move my 401 balance to an IRA. On the recommendation of a finance professional, many of my former co-workers have transferred their 401 savings into annuities.

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Why annuities are not the go-to retirement answer (Money via Yahoo! Finance)

The Wales Town Board became the first local government in the Tri-Towns to officially hop on the downsizing bandwagon on Dec. 29, narrowly passing a resolution sponsored by Deputy Town Supervisor Edmund “Bud” Bogucki to reduce its advisory Planning Board from seven to five members.

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Wales to Shrink Its Planning Board (East Aurora Advertiser)

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hundreds of CPA financial planners from across the United States will gather in Orlando for the 2010 Advanced Personal Financial Planning Conference of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The conference is scheduled for Jan

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Bartow commissioners continued their strategic planning Monday night with a look at the city’s post retirement benefits.

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Commissioners Look At Post Retirement Benefits (The Polk County Democrat)

By Maggie Lloyd ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR The Institute-Wide Planning Task Force released its final report on December 16 after nine months of collaboration among approximately 200 students, faculty, administration, and staff within the task force. The 88-page document, which was originally scheduled to be released in November, compiles the reports from nine Working Groups and organizes them into …

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Institute-Wide Planning Task Force Releases Its Final Report (The Tech)

Medicare is a many-splendored thing, hugely beneficial and maddeningly complex. Here’s a simple guide to understanding it

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Retirement Questions: How Do I Navigate the Medicare Maze? (Time Magazine)

The Riverside Town Council announced the retirement of Fire Chief Ray Sweat at Tuesday’s council meeting. “Ray has done a lot of great things for our fire department,” Mayor Rusty Jessup said. “He is a rock-solid citizen of Riverside and he has always stayed involved in many civic activities.”

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Riverside fire chief announces retirement (The Daily Home)

The right kind of life insurance can do much more than provide a tidy sum to your heirs. It can be a good, tax-deferred place to stash the cash you have left over after maxing out your RRSP contributions.

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Life insurance can be part of your retirement planning (Comox Valley Record)

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The Countdown to Retirement (The Globe and Mail)

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Retirement planning with your spouse (The Globe and Mail)

Careful planning can ensure your retirement years live up to your expectations

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The retirement years: 10 financial tips (The Globe and Mail)

Improvements to one of the most popular online services in government — the Retirement Estimator, located at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator — allow more people than ever before to get a personalized and instant estimate of future Social

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YOUR SECURITY: Retirement Estimator even better than before (Eureka Times-Standard)

BATAVIA – Batavia aldermen today are set to discuss whether to spend $19,500 for a City Council planning retreat in light of the city’s budget problems.

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Planning retreat mulled in light of budget problems (Kane County Chronicle)

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Essentials for a secure retirement (Austin American-Statesman)

County commissioners will appoint two people for a 4-year-term on the Douglas County Planning Commission on Thursday, choosing from a pool of six applicants including incumbents James Madsen and Margaret Pross. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. in the county administrative building at 1616 Eighth St. in Minden. Pross, current chair of the planning commission, is a 62-year-old retired interior …

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Six apply for two planning commission seats (The Record-Courier)

Retirement planning will be worth the effort.

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4 Ways to Retire Well (The Motley Fool)

December 20, 2009 (Tulsa World, Okla.) As if you weren’t already rushed enough with last-minute holiday shopping and general year-end busyness, here’s a little something extra to throw into the mix — tax planning.

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Tax Season: Now’s the Time to Get to Planning (SmartPros Accounting)

Congressman Henry Brown , Jr., will release a statement around 10:15 this morning addressing the rumors about him retirement, said Sharon Axson, a spokeswoman for Brown.

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Congressman Brown to address rumors of retirement (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

Two recent trends – the growing importance of 401s in retirement planning and the volatile nature of the stock market – make it more important than ever for people to be vigilant about their 401 account.

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401kProAdvisor.com Jumpstarts Proactive Approach to Personal 401(k) Management (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

LANCASTER — The Fairfield County Regional Planning Commission office will be back to a five-day-per-week schedule starting today.

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Planning Commission back to full schedule (Lancaster Eagle-Gazette)

Lower your taxes and be close to great hospitals, beaches and, of course, your kids. These desirable goals hinge on one big decision: where you choose to live

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Where Should I Live in Retirement? (Time Magazine)

MONDAY, JAN. 4 Career-Prospectors, http://www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Monday at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike.

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Metro Business calendar for Jan. 4 (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

It’s no secret that older workers are reinventing retirement, and that’s a great thing.

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‘Phased retirement’ – and its paychecks – have gained popularity, but watch for drawbacks (Dallas Morning News)

Noel and Margaret Foreman have received a letter from their eldest son, Neil, arguing that the money from the sale of their home had not been wasted.

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Couple sue their son after he blows £100,000 of their retirement fund on ‘outstanding holidays’ (Daily Mail: World News)

Beginning Friday, all IRA owners, regardless of income, can convert their traditional IRA into a Roth IRA.

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Financial planning: To convert or not convert – that is the Roth question (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

By Robert Powell BOSTON – One year after the start of the crash, your 401(k) or IRA is pretty much back to even, according to some studies at least. Now you can get on with the rest of your life, and with planning your future finances. Rather than thin

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Five ways to rethink your retirement plan (The Scranton Times-Tribune)