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U.S. banking agency brings back retirees to manage crisis
by Geraldine Fabrikant NEW YORK: Before he retired from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. three years ago, Gary Holloway was cleaning up the remnants of the U.S. savings-and-loan crisis two decades earlier. His problems included selling leaky gas stations in Florida and the Thomas Ranch…
Author: International Herald Tribune
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Encore careers give 'retirees' another chance to do their dream jobs
A new wave of people take joy in switching to public-service work. Original Source By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer After 50 years practicing dentistry in Santa Monica, Cal Kurtzman hung up his drill and embarked on a well-deserved second chapter…
Author: Los Angeles Times
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Community colleges take lead in retraining retirees for new jobs
The American Association of Community Colleges is developing a nationwide program to retrain the crush of adults who will want — and need — to find new work after traditional retirement age, the group will announce today. The organization, which represents 1,200 community colleges across…
Author: USA Today
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Deficit panel leaders propose curbs on Social Security, major cuts in spending, tax breaks
By Lori Montgomery The chairmen of President Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday offered an aggressive plan to rebalance the federal budget by curbing increases in Social Security benefits, slashing spending at the Pentagon and other agencies, and wiping out more than $100 billion a year…
Author: The Washington Post
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Will You Retire?
by Nancy Trejos Jan Fitzsimmons had the luxury of being able to retire at 47 after 22 years of service with the U.S. Navy. But retirement turned out to be not so luxurious. Now 52 and renting an Arlington townhouse, she is looking for part-time…
Author: The Washington Post
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The search for meaning
Retirees seek fulfillment — and pay — by pursuing renewed interests by Tanika White When he started at Maryland State College in 1962, Daniel Maddox envisioned a career working with young people, preferably in physical education. But as often happens, life got in the way,…
Author: Chicago Tribune
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Chasing down retirement
With most Baby Boomers short on savings, longer worklife urged Original Source by Gail Marks Jarvis It seemed like a good idea. Baby Boomers who never got around to saving as much as they hoped promised to keep working past retirement age. The joke in…
Author: Chicago Tribune
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An untapped wealth of talent
Original Source By Linda Hersey WESTBROOK: Maine has a silent army of civic leaders and volunteers poised and ready to be activated to improve the quality of life for all residents. They are retirees men and women who’ve had fulfilling careers and are embarking on…
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Skills to Learn to Restart Earnings
Original Source By JOHN LELAND JUSTIN WILLIAMS worked as an engineer at Honeywell International for 31 years, and when he retired last April, he knew he could not afford to stop working. His home in suburban Maryland, on which he had spent his 401(k) savings,…
Author: The New York Times
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Millions of older Americans work longer, retire later;
Longer lives, inadequate savings and a slowing economy are among the reasons why more people are working past the average retirement age of 63. by Dave Carpenter Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and…
Author: Associated Press