Stock Picks: Citigroup, Kraft (BusinessWeek)
Written by Admin on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
Plus Wall Street analyst opinions on Ciena and JDS Uniphase
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Archive for January, 2010
Outside the Box: Five themes for 2010 (Market Watch)
Written by Admin on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
The comedown year — 2009 — is analogous to drug addiction. The economic body wanted to keep on moving but the economic mind needed to stop, writes Kevin Depew.
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Consumers Get First-Ever Look at 401k Fees With Personal 401k Fee Report (Marketwire)
Written by Admin on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
BrightScope Shows Millions of Americans With 401k Plans Exactly How Much They Are Paying in Retirement Fees — for Free
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Harford offers buyouts to one-third of employees (Baltimore Sun)
Written by Admin on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
One Maryland county is willing to sacrifice some of its most experienced employees to help close an $8 million budget gap and avoid lay-offs.
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Consumers Get First-Ever Look at 401k Fees With Personal 401k Fee Report (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Written by Admin on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire - 01/19/10) - BrightScope ( www.brightscope.com ), a leading provider of independent retirement plan ratings and investment research, today launched its Personal 401k Fee Report. For the first time ever, 401k plan participants can easily figure out exactly how much they are paying in fees, with more than 30,000 rated plans, in as little as …
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BrightScope Launches Personal 401K Fee Report (TechCrunch)
Written by Admin on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
San Diego based BrightScope , recently launched to help people navigate their 401k retirement plans and how to maximize the benefits. Today, the startup is launching its Personal 401k Fee Report that will let participants can figure out exactly how much they are paying in fees in their specific plan. Drawing from a database of more than 30,000 401k plans, BrightScope helps users get a clear …
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BrightScope Launches Personal 401K Fee Report (Washington Post)
Written by Admin on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
San Diego based BrightScope, recently launched to help people navigate their 401k retirement plans and how to maximize the benefits. Today, the startup is launching its Personal 401k Fee Report that will let participants can figure out exactly how much they are paying in fees in their specific plan.
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Baltimore County reforms pensions for elected officials (Baltimore Sun)
Written by Admin on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
Council opts for weaker of two measures The Baltimore County Council Tuesday night approved the weaker of two pension reform bills, adopting a measure that is unlikely to satisfy critics of the current system that greatly exceeds benefits to most working families.
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Butler: Hidden fees on 401(k) plans deserve light of day (Contra Costa Times)
Written by Admin on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
What next? A lawsuit plaintiff against a 401(k) plan sponsor (the employer) went ballistic and shot two people in a courthouse back in Missouri. His was one of the growing number of complaints launched in situations where 401(k) providers were charging investors what knowledgeable financial people
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A life online: the benefit of foresight (Times Online)
Written by Admin on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 in Uncategorized.
If you could send yourself a letter in 20 years’ time, what would it say? Would you take a formal tone? After all, you might be an incredibly important person by 2030. Should you apologise for not going to the doctor about that dodgy knee? It might be causing even more problems by then.
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