Retiree finances

Retiree finances

• AP Source: Fiat mulls IPO after buying Chrysler

  Italian automaker Fiat is considering a plan to hold a public stock offering after the company buys 100 percent of Chrysler, according to a person ... 

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  Medicare hike could also hit some in middle class

  Retired as a city worker, Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. 

• NFL retiree publicity rights settlement approved

  The $50 million settlement between the NFL and a group of retired players over publicity rights was given preliminary approval Monday by a federal ... 

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  Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care

  The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program ... 

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  Who will take on job of fixing Detroit's finances?

  It appears the appointment of an emergency manager to take over Detroit's failing finances is all but a done deal. But one question remains: Who will ... 

• Cities chart course through pension morass

  In Philadelphia, pension costs doubled in a single decade. Cities in Rhode Island dimmed streetlights, raised taxes and put off road repairs.