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Railroad Retirement Day

The Railroad Retirement Board has designated August 29, 2010, as "Railroad Retirement Day.” (more)

Benefits from the Railroad Retirement Board

During the past 75 years, more than 2 million retired workers, 1.1 million spouses, and 2.4 million survivors have received benefits through the Railroad Retirement Board. (more)

National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust: A Paragon of Success

For the last 7 years, a portion of retiree assets has been managed in the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (NRRIT). (more)

Will Social Security Become Unavailable?

USA Today has published a poll that says that the overwhelming majority of Americans under 34 years old do not believe they will get anything from Social Security. (more)

Benefit Values Decline, 1998-2008

U.S. workers saw the value of their employer-sponsored retirement benefits -- as measured by percentage of pay -- decline by double-digit levels over a 10-year period ending in 2008, according to a study of eight major industries conducted by Towers Watson. (more)

Law Firms under Fire

Law firms have been increasingly compelled to defend policies and practices that mandate retirement of older partners or otherwise use age as a factor. (more)

Six Retirement Plan Honorees

Prudential Retirement has honored six plan sponsors for redesigning their defined contribution retirement programs to assist plan participants in achieving a more secure retirement. (more)

Savings: Not as Bad as It Seems

Many participants in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans are in fact well positioned for retirement security, according to How America Saves 2010, an annual analysis of defined contribution retirement plans recently released by Vanguard. (more)

Nurses’ Guide to Financial Planning

The Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) and the CENTER for American Nurses (the CENTER) has released The Busy Nurse's Guide to Financial Planning. This booklet is part of the larger Busy Nurse's Toolkit. (more)

EBRI Is Wrong

Freelance writer Linda Stern takes issue with a new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). The EBRI contends that nearly half of older baby boomers risk running out of money in their golden years. (more)