Financial Planning

May 18, 2018

Utah lawmaker wants to raise legal marriage age to 18

A Utah lawmaker wants to raise the state's legal marriage age to 18 to prevent girls from being pressured into unions associated with higher poverty and lower education rates


May 9, 2018

Comptroller wants more burial-funding notice after AP report

The Illinois state comptroller has denounced a county coroner's practice of holding remains and death certificates of the indigent until families can pay $1,000.


Apr 18, 2018

School shooting survivor calls for investment firm boycott

A survivor of a mass shooting that killed 17 at a Florida high school is calling for a boycott of two of what he calls the biggest investors in gun manufacturers _ BlackRock and The Vanguard Group


Mar 12, 2018

Get Started: Can't pay the IRS? You do have options

With tax day approaching, many small business owners are wondering, "How am I going to pay my taxes?"


Feb 14, 2018

AP-WE tv poll: Weddings cost cash but most say they're fun

Social media is creeping into US weddings, but Americans don't necessarily see that as a good thing


Feb 7, 2018

More Americans hold stocks, for better or for worse

A plunge in stock prices always stings, but this one dug deeper because more of the country is participating in the market, with all its ups and downs, particularly older Americans


Jan 31, 2018

On a better savings course: US retirement score rises

The typical saver is on track to have 80 percent of the income that Fidelity says will be needed to pay for retirement


Jan 8, 2018

Arconic freezing pensions for US workers

Arconic will freeze pensions for US workers and contribute to 401(k) plan instead


Nov 15, 2017

Retirement planning should include long-term care costs

Worried about retirement savings? Don't forget to consider long-term care costs


Oct 26, 2017

Trump, GOP at odds over using 401(k)s to pay for tax cuts

Trump, GOP at odds over using 401(k)s to pay for tax cuts



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