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Ask Larry Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about eligibility to take retirement benefits at 70 after taking spousal benefits at full retirement age, filing early as the lower earner or delaying and finding current and future benefit estimates after filing for other benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston …

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WALLINGFORD — After nine years of retirement, Joseph Derhovanesian, who likes to go by Joe Dee, decided to start a new venture after being disappointed by some of the electric bicycles on the market. A couple years ago, Dee, 63, was in Venice Beach, California and was curious about electric bicycles. He decided to buy …

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GREENWICH — The police department on Sunday recognized the career of retired Lt. Daniel Allen in honor of Black History Month. In a tribute to his career, the police department on Facebook praised Allen for his 43 years of service that ended in 2017 with his retirement. He was sworn in as a police officer …

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Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland is on the search for a new CEO following the retirement announcement of the organization’s current leader. Current CEO Liz Workman announced she will be stepping down from her role at the end of June. Workman has led the organization for the past eight years and has been involved with …

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Ben Roethlisberger and Maurkice Pouncey have shown a ton of mutual respect for one another since the Pittsburgh Steelers season ended, and that was turned up another notch this week when Pouncey announced his retirement.Pouncey and his tw Dan Le Batard was not on good terms with ESPN when he parted ways with the network …

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Here’s some good news and some bad news: The good news is that when it comes time to retire and enjoy a life filled with more leisure, most of us have Social Security income to look forward to. The bad news, though, is that Social Security income is not likely to be sufficient. The average …

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Several years ago I stumbled upon the concept of FIRE, an acronym for financial independence/retire early. Right away I was intrigued. I thought, There are people who have decided to forgo the “work until you’re of standard retirement age” lifestyle? Sign me up! My dad retired early at the age of 54 after a terminal illness …

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Kyla Ernst-Alper is an aerialist in New York City. She’s never had an employer that offered her a 401(k) retirement plan in more than two decades of performing. Giles Clement Kyla Ernst-Alper, a 38-year-old aerial performer in New York City, has never had a 401(k) retirement plan. She holds multiple jobs at once to support …

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That should make dividend stocks even more enticing to retirees, because they tend to be less volatile than other stocks on the market. This is partially due to the fact that they produce returns regardless of market performance, so people tend to buy them up in times of uncertainty. Additionally, companies that pay dividends tend …

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While our columnist has a pan problem in his kitchen, this is not his kitchen. Denys Kovtun/Dreamstime.com Text size My wife, Clarissa, likes frying food in stick-free pans she tosses after a year or so. I fry in cast-iron pans that almost never wear out. And we have a set of long-lived, stainless -steel pans …

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