| New Jersey lawmakers try again on pension reforms (AP) Legislation requiring public workers to assume a portion of their health benefits costs and providing relief to the beleaguered state pension system has been introduced. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Reform Plan for Pensions Has Critics A swift overhaul of Illinois’s pension plans would do virtually nothing to make up for a shortfall in funds, advocates say. nytimes.com |
Chance of rate rise soothes pension woes Some of the cobwebs were swept away from UK companies' pension deficits in May, with a £7bn gap plugged despite a bad month on markets thisismoney.co.uk |
Later pensions with 25% over-65 by 2030 Almost a quarter of the population will be aged 65 or over within two decades according to shock official figures on Britain's 'demographic time bomb' thisismoney.co.uk |
Economists: Britain's austerity plan to hit poor [AP] - Britain's poor and powerful clashed Thursday over who will lose out most under austerity measures that will slash benefits, jobs and government services to reduce the country's crippling debts. us.rd.yahoo.com |