Jan 06 Why many widows lose nothing from taking survivor benefits early By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff For many widow(er)s, there's no advantage to delaying the collection of survivor benefits from a deceased spouse who collected retirement benefits early. Photo by Purestock via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his… Continue reading
Jan 06 Why Many Widows Lose Nothing from Taking Survivor Benefits Early By Laurence Kotlikoff For many widow(er)s, there’s no advantage to delaying the collection of survivor benefits from a deceased spouse who collected retirement benefits early. Photo by Purestock via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff’s Social Security original 34 “secrets”, his additional… Continue reading
Jan 03 How paid parental leave helps you, your newborn and the job market By Simone Pathe Both mothers and fathers took more time off to spend with their new babies when they had the right to paid family leave through the state of California. And for mothers, paid leave increases the chance they'll be working one… Continue reading
Jan 03 How Paid Parental Leave Helps You, Your Newborn and the Job Market By Simone Pathe With the start of 2014, new parents in Rhode Island are eligible for paid family leave — the third state, after California and New Jersey, where such a right has been codified and enforced. At the national level, the… Continue reading
Jan 02 The Lucky Sperm Club: Jews, M&A and the unlocking of corporate America By John Weir Close John Weir Close tells the inside story of the development of the mergers and acquisitions movement in the 1980s -- a phenomenon that has ruled global commerce ever since. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Dan Nguyen. Paul Solman: "Since… Continue reading
Jan 02 The Lucky Sperm Club: Jews, M&A and the Unlocking of Corporate America By John Weir Close By John Weir Close John Weir Close tells the inside story of the development of the mergers and acquisitions movement in the 1980s — a phenomenon that has ruled global commerce ever since. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Dan… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch as stranded passengers get rescued from marooned Antarctic ship By News Desk .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Passengers stranded for more than… Continue reading
Jan 01 How to rate the risks of peer-to-peer lending, the newest bubble The careless lending practices in peer-to-peer lending may be a harbinger of greater problems to come in our financial system. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. The stock market had an incredibly good run in 2013: The Standard and Poor's… Continue reading
Jan 01 How to Rate the Risks of Peer-to-Peer Lending, the Newest Bubble By Doug Dachille The careless lending practices in peer-to-peer lending may be a harbinger of greater problems to come in our financial system. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. Continue reading
Dec 30 Is Social Security contributing to the deficit? By Laurence Kotlikoff Social Security is contributing to the deficit, says Larry Kotlikoff; it's just not showing up where readers may have been looking. Photo courtesy of William Thomas Cain/Getty Images. Continue reading