I am starting this blog while hanging out it a hotel room in Pasadena with my 89 year old mother. We're here so she could meet her new great-grand-daughter. We also are seeing my son, his wife and son, my grand-son, and my daughter. It's been a

BofA to select emergency CEO this week: report - Palestine Herald-Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bank of America Corp. plans to select an emergency CEO this week in case Ken Lewis steps down before the end of the year, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Last week, the bank said Lewis plans to retire Dec. 31. Bank

Conservatives to raise retirement age in bid to cut budget deficit - The Guardian
Millions of people will have to work until the age of 66 from as early as 2016 under Tory plans to raise the retirement age in a bid to cut Britain's budget deficit. The shadow chancellor, George Osborne , will announce tomorrow that he will raise

George Osborne plans to increase retirement age to 66 to save £13bn - Times Online
The state retirement age would rise to 66 within seven years under a Conservative government, ten years earlier than planned, George Osborne will announce today. The change, saving £13billion a year from 2016, will be portrayed by the Shadow

Financial adviser threatened over retirement account - Asbury Park Press
JACKSON — A man who allegedly told his financial advisor he would kill him if he did not remove funds from a retirement account has been arrested and charged with making terroristic threats. Vincent Carroll, 54, was arrested at his Paramus home

Investment losses will cost Davenport, other Iowa cities - Quad Cities Onlines
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Nearly 50 Iowa cities that participate in the Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System of Iowa will have to pay more money for their employees due to investment losses. Among the cities that participate in the system

Gilliam, despite retirement, joins other Cap Metro execs at Florida - Austin American-Statesman
Capital Metro CEO Fred Gilliam, who announced last week that he will retire Oct. 16, is in Orlando, Fla., attending an American Public Transportation Association convention this week, along with four other Capital Metro officials. The conference

Blake eases into ``C'' role - FOXSports.com
Both shared the Stanley Cup-winning experience with Sakic in Colorado - Foote twice and Blake once. Both were emotional about witnessing the longtime Avalanche captain's number retirement ceremony on opening night. "When you come in and share those

Suit claims IGT employees harmed by retirement plan - Las Vegas Sun
There's a new twist in the shareholder legal actions against International Game Technology over the decline in IGT's stock price since 2007. The casino supplier is now being sued by two groups of employee retirement plan participants who say the plan