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Cut Social Security? Other retirement plans are shrinking, too

The shift from traditional pensions to 401(k)s is one of the main reasons most seniors aren't able to set aside enough income to guarantee a secure retirement.

Puerto Rico addresses collapsing pension system

Puerto Rico's treasury secretary is proposing what she calls "severe" cost-saving measures designed to help rescue one of the U.S. territory's public pension systems that is on the brink of collapse.

Puerto Rico teeters on fiscal edge over pensions

Puerto Rico's public pension problems also have damaged the island's bond ratings, which remain significantly lower than any U.S. state, raising the island's cost of borrowing.

Ill. governor seeks to overcome pension setback

The governor suffered perhaps the worst fallout from this week's lame-duck session, which ended when his surprise plan for an independent pension commission was derided as desperate.

Breakthrough in Illinois' $96B pension crisis?

The We Are One Illinois coalition of unions opposes plans that cut benefits that workers have earned and have railed against a perception that state employees retire with fat pensions.

Correction: School Shooting-Teacher Pensions story

In Pennsylvania, the teachers' pension fund reacted quickly, contacting Cerberus about the Freedom Group even before the equity firm announced it was selling the gun maker.

Cities chart course through pension morass

Anthony Martin, a Chicago police lieutenant and trustee of his public pension fund, said he has seen records going back to 1877 showing the retirement system was underfunded even then.

Atlanta to San Diego: 7 cities' pension problems

She ended a decades-old practice of awarding retirees pension increases based on investment earnings, replacing them with cost-of-living increase based on the retiree's age.

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Pension costs may fall for state, schools

Pension costs may fall for state, schools

The State Worker: CalPERS report: State, schools pension costs will dip next year

School districts will pay $4.98 billion for pensions, down $31.5 million from this year.

There is more to evaluating your funds than average annual returns

Whether your investments are limited to an employer retirement plan or you coordinate holdings...

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Spot the difference: pensions vs student loans

Spot the difference: pensions vs student loans

IMF Says Sequester Hurting U.S. Economy, Delaying Recovery

It said that healthcare costs and government pension schemes such as Social Security are due to...

Quinn shifts gears again on pension reform

Quinn shifts gears again on pension reform

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Chrysler Revamps Pension Plan for Salaried Workers

Chrysler to Freeze Pension Plan

Chrysler to freeze salaried employees' pensions in effort to limit liability

Chrysler to freeze salaried employees' pensions in effort to limit liability

Calpers chief investment officer has prostate cancer

Calpers is America's biggest public pension fund, managing assets of $260 billion.