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		<title><![CDATA[Outrage at Executive Pensions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/outrage-at-executive-pensions/366837/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers may need to pay to support worker pensions, but top executives still get big bucks and sweet perks.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:16:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama Retirement Fix: No Day at the Beach]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/blog/retirement-beat/obama-retirement-fix-no-day-at-the-beach/229/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration's recent tweak to policy makes it easier to bank unused vacation days in your retirement account. As much as Americans need to save more for retirement, using the vacation days could be a smarter retirement planning strategy by Carla Fried]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why You Shouldn?t Bash Cash]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/article/why-you-shouldnt-bash-cash/366268/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today?s seemingly microscopic yields on money market funds aren?t so bad when you take into account the fact that inflation has actually been negative for much of the year. As a result, real returns are actually fairly decent. Here?s how to think about the role of cash in your portfolio,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merck CEO Clark Eyes Retirement, and a $23M Golden Handshake]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Schering-Plough merger done, Merck MRK CEO Richard Clark is already mulling who will succeed him in the bosses' chair. A look at Clark's retirement package shows he will receive more than $23 million in cash and benefits. by Jim Edwards]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:57:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The New Retirement Risk: Decisionmaking Skills Peak at 53]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial decision-making skills peak at age 53. Yet retirees need to still be making smart choices into their 70s and beyond. Welcome to yet another retirement risk. by Carla Fried]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:28:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your 50s: Saving Money, Reviving Your Business]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real Life: The CadeliniasSam Cadelinia figured he had already weathered the worst that a bad economy could hand him. As head of a thriving San Francisco real estate agency in 1994, he had watched as housing prices dropped 25 percent, and his income dried up along with sales.  "I...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[401(k) Mistakes to Avoid]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/article/401k-mistakes-to-avoid/356717/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[You?re counting on your 401k to provide a cushy retirement. Or at least food, shelter, and a broadband connection. But many investors undermine their savings plans without even knowing it. We?ve compiled a list of the most common mistakes, and explained how to avoid them.   Here are the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retirement: The Hidden Health Risk]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the year since the financial crisis hit, I've been struck how just about any retirement planning issue these days boils down to the same solution: Delay your retirement, and all will be good.    	Watched your 401k vaporize? Just plan to work a few years longer to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:08:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Employers Need to be Grown-Up About Retirement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[    For many, the old no pun intended adage -- Out with the old and in with the new -- perfectly summarises the attitude that many employers hold towards their older workers.    Britain, it seems, has an issue when it comes to age. An...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:12:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What to Do with Your 401(k) Now]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/article/what-to-do-with-your-401k-now/354978/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The list of mutual funds in your company retirement plan was  overwhelming enough ? and that was before the stock market plummeted, and  then rallied. Now it may seem as if any move you make could be the wrong one. Snap  out of it with this four-step...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Get Your Kids to Help Pay for Retirement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I had $10 for every time a financial advisor I am interviewing uttersÂ  â€œThere are no loans for retirement, but there are loans for college,â€ my SEP-IRA would be in a lot better shape. But my radar always starts beeping when I hear that.Â  Sure, I know it makes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:20:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retirement Planning: What to Do Now]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/article/retirement-planning-what-to-do-now/352213/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you're 25 years away from retirement or you've already started packing up your office, there are specific steps you should now take to ensure your financial security. This step-by-step guide will keep you on track for a stress-free dismount from the corporate treadmill.   20 to 25 Years...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Behavioral Economics Helps A High School Kid Prepare For Retirement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saving for retirement takes a combination of information, motivation and support. So let's look at how those behavioral economics factors came together to help a high school kid prepare for retirement. by Charlie Farrell]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:22:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In Retirement: Manage Your Money in a Post-Crash World]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real Life: The RadosevichesDon and Sherry Radosevich didn't want to plant themselves in one place when they retired. Their plan was to spend springs and summers in their four-bedroom ranch house in Wisconsin and then, when the weather turned frigid, escape to their condo in Florida. The day after Sherry's...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Escaping the Two-House Cash Crunch]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dual-home lifestyle seemed quite manageable back when they had about $1.5 million in savings and retirement funds. But the market freefall and a loss of about $800,000 have forced the Radoseviches to reconsider their plans.    	  The dual-home lifestyle seemed quite manageable back when they...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health care reform isn't the only thing on President Obama's mind these days. Over the weekend, he announced some administrative actions that he hopes will help workers save more money for retirement. While I'm only in favor of two of the three ideas, I love that these changes could get...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[John and Michelle Kazanjians' investments are scattered among a hodgepodge of funds and stocks. They need a systematic, disciplined strategy.  The owner of two Ann Arbor, Michigan, businesses for college students &#8212; a packing and shipping firm and a laundry service &#8212; John has another $42,000 in six mutual...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your 40s: Time To Focus on the Financial Future]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real Life: The KazanjiansIt quickly becomes apparent from conversation with John Kazanjian that he has an entrepreneur?s spirit and a missionary?s heart. A 48-year-old father of five, he owns and operates two successful businesses in the university town of Ann Arbor, Michigan: John?s Pack & Ship and Busybody's Student Laundry....]]></description>
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