Knowledge is best tool for year-end financial planning

Matthew Lusk

A number of uncertainties limit the ability of business owners, executives, and employees to effectively plan for the future. Although we are generally restricted to a "big picture" vision of what is to come, we can focus on the details of today to...

Calculating minimum asset comfort level for retirement

As Americans emerge from the Great Recession, confidence in a future retirement sets in for people who have $250,000 or more in investable assets, says the latest findings from theWells FargoAffluent Retirement Survey.For the survey, Harris of...

Investing skepticism still lingers

PR Newswire

Four years after the 2008 global financial crisis, the onset of a severe economic recession, and ongoing market turbulence, a lack of faith in equity investing appears to be lingering, even for long-term investors who say thatsaving for their top...

Study links job insecurity, perceived health ailments

News Wise

Workers who perceive their jobs aren't secure are more likely to rate themselves in poor health and have increased symptoms of anxiety and depression, says a recent article in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.Sarah A. and a...

OSHA, panel renew pact to protect airline workers

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it has renewed an alliance with the Airline Ground Safety Panel to address hazards and worker injuries related to operating aviation ground support equipment.The Airline Ground Safety Panel...

'Smoke-free' study finds big benefits

News Wise

Laws that end smoking at work and other public places result in significantly fewer hospitalizations for heart attacks, strokes, asthma, and other respiratory conditions, a new analysis performed by researchers at the University of California at on...