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- The Best Retirement Plans
- Whether you're working for a company or self-employed, these tax-favored savings plans can help you get your retirement account growing again. Has the market bottomed? Who knows? But there's one investing principle that's never in doubt: It always makes sense to grab every penny of tax advantage that Uncle Sam...
- Articles 2009-03-16
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- NFL plan offers benefit hike, employer match
- NFL players will get a generous employer match to their $100 million 401k plan, a new deferred compensation plan and a hike in pension benefits as part of a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Football League. The agreement, which NFL players will get a...
- Research articles 1998-10-05
- Match Game
- From the executive summary: ‘Companies have long recognized that when it comes to getting employees to participate in a plan, what counts most about the 401k is the size of the employer match. But, with the future of social security suddenly uncertain, the employer match also acquires a moral dimension....
- White papers 2005-02-22
- Match Game: Companies Are Making Strategic Use of 401(k) Matching Contributions, But Are They Toying With Their Employees' Retirement?
- Pensions are dying, stock options are dead; bonuses and health-care plans are looking more anemic by the day. Of the portfolio of employee benefits, only the 401k remains robust. Companies have long recognized that when it comes to getting employees to participate in a plan, what counts most about the...
- White papers 2005-02-22
- DISAPPEARING ACT: Profit-hungry companies take ax to 401(k) matches.(including DaimlerChrysler Corp., General Motors Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- At least six companies are taking the unprecedented move of eliminating or cutting their 401k employer match to help salvage the companies' bottom lines. Others are restructuring the design of their match or are considering changes, all in the n At least six...
- Research articles 2001-12-10
- 401(k) Plans- Do and Don'ts
- A 401k plan is a type of tax-qualified employee benefit plan which provides that employees can elect to defer part of their current compensation for retirement purposes in a tax-deferred manner. An employer also may provide an additional contribution to a 401k plan (referred to as a "match") calculated as...
- White papers 2003-07-15
- international paper: COMPANY STOCK RESTRICTIONS EASED IN 401(K); Investment option makeover also part of planned changes.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- STAMFORD, Conn. - International Paper Co. is relaxing restrictions on company stock in its $3.7 billion 401k plan. Starting April 1, only half of the employer match will be in company stock; participants will be able to choose among other plan o STAMFORD,...
- Research articles 2002-02-18
- Payin limits for SIMPLEs.
- Payin limits for SIMPLEs aren't simple...they are wide-ranging. For SIMPLE-IRAs, maximum total payin for employees is $12,000... $6,000 salary deferral plus a $6,000 employer match. If employer chooses to make a mandatory payin of 2% of salary instead of matching 3% of...
- Research articles 1997-01-24
- Shore Up Your Beleaguered Finances
- Uncle Sam thinks you're too rich to help, so you'll have to help yourself. Keep Your Income Flowing In past recessions, the little guy or gal took the brunt of the job losses. Now, however, a high annual income — one over $100,000...
- Articles 2009-05-04
- Can You Afford to Retire ... Ever?
- The "new normal" retirement will start at 67, not 62. You'll pay for it with investments that don't even exist today. And you'd better start saving now. You know what happened...
- Articles 2009-06-22
- 401(k) Plans—Do & Don'ts
- A 401k plan is a type of tax-qualified employee benefit plan which provides that employees can elect to defer part of their current compensation for retirement purposes in a tax-deferred manner. An employer also may provide an additional contribution to a 401k plan calculated as a percentage of the amount...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Judge temporarily halts 'no-match' rule.(CAPITOL UPBEAT)
- On Aug. 31, a federal judge temporarily halted implementation of new immigration enforcement regulations that were to go into effect Sept. 14. The rule concerns "no-match" letters the Social Security Administration SSA or Department of Homeland Security DHS issue when an employer submits a W-2 employee...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Turning Workers Into Savers?: Incentives, Liquidity, and Choice in 401(k) Plan Design
- Prior research has largely focused on how employer matching contributions in 401k plans shape employee saving behavior. In this paper, a more comprehensive model of the incentives inherent in 401k plan design is developed. This paper seeks to explain in detail how the incentives embedded in 401k plans influence saving...
- White papers 2005-12-15
- 10 PLANS UNITED: RAYTHEON COMBINES 401(K) AND STOCK PLANS.
- LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Raytheon Co. has merged its stock ownership plans and nine 401k plans into a single defined contribution plan with $6.8 billion in assets. The company also expanded the investment options, increased the employer match and ra LEXINGTON, Mass. --...
- Research articles 1999-08-09
- How To Research A Potential Employer
- Just because you nailed your interview and got the job offer doesn't guarantee that your potential employer is a perfect match for you, and it's better for you if you find out the facts before you agree to take the job. And having as much information before even an interview...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- 401(k) appeal to foster more plan perks: survey.
- A survey by Buck Consultants (New York, NY) to determine the state of 401k plans offered by employers reveals that 401k plans are a popular employee benefit program. Buck Consultants director of tax and legal services Fred Rumack stated that 74% of the survey's 654 respondents were employees that participated...
- Research articles 1992-09-28
- Match Your Skills With Their Needs
- The number of resumés received by employers continues to be overwhelming as the job market begins to pick up. The challenge for you, as a job seeker, is to get your cover letter/resumé noticed - to stand out from the crowd. More and more candidates are using a cover letter/resumé...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- How To Match The Tone Of An Interview
- You're all set for your big interview. You've done some research on your potential employer and prepared questions, and you've remembered to bring an extra copy of your résumé and a list of references. Unfortunately, all your hard work and preparation could go down the tubes if you can't match...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- What Do Simple Investing Mistakes Cost? Try 75% of Your Wealth
- Everybody makes mistakes with their 401k. You already know that. Everyone knows that.  Fidelity recently made the persistent errors of 401k savers the theme of their quarterly report on the 17,500 plans they administer. And on his last visit to the MoneyWatch office, T. Rowe Price PR director Ed Giltenan...
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- Quiz: Do Your Investments Match Your Job?
- First you have to judge whether your job is safer or riskier than most. This quiz will give you some clues. That leaves one key question: How do you judge whether your job is one of the safe ones or one of the risky ones? Well, that’s where this...
- Articles 2009-09-08
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