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In the NIRP-heavy world I foresee, a portfolio balanced between major equity and fixed-income will be lucky to break even. Poor returns will be a thorny problem for anyone who is contractually obligated to use portfolio returns to pay certain amounts on certain dates but hasn’t set aside funds to do it.
Defined-benefit pension plans are the primary example. Today these exist mainly for public-sector employees. Private industry has shifted to 401(k) and other defined-contribution plans. Читать дальше...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in southern Nicaragua say they have found the bodies of eight people believed to be migrants who drowned.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Sesame Workshop is apologizing for recent "misunderstandings around the changing cast roles at 'Sesame Street.'"
Black Lives Matter activists are expanding their call for justice to a new target: the economy. In a detailed proposal released Monday, a consortium of more than 50 civil rights groups laid out an ambitious plan to improve the financial lives of black Americans with a heavy emphasis on reparations, investing in black communities and […]
Patton Oswalt wrote a moving tribute about the loss of his wife, Michelle McNamara, and his struggle with grief on Tuesday. “Thanks, grief,” Oswalt wrote on Facebook. “Thanks for making depression look like the buzzing little bully it always was. Depression is the tallest kid in the 4th grade, dinging rubber bands off the back […]
The family of an African-American man fatally shot in the back by Chicago police last week filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the officers alleging wrongful death and excessive force. The lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges the police officers fired at Paul O’Neal “without lawful justification or excuse.” It’s the latest shooting to highlight the […]
Halle Berry has been named the official ambassador for the 2016 Key To The Cure campaign! Saks Fifth Avenue, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Entertainment Industry Foundation teamed up with Halle and Christian Louboutin to take part in the annual fund-raising and charitable initiative to fight cancer. All of the sales from the [...]
The Melbourne, Australia-based graffiti artist responsible for painting a controversial mural of Hillary Clinton in a revealing bathing suit has sharply criticized “petty” local officials for covering up his work not once, but twice.
Should the audacious bid come off, the resurgent Titans will immediately become a legitimate premiership contender for next season and beyond.
Tourists walk on the 100-metre-long and 1.6-metre-wide glass skywalk, which clings off the cliff of Tianmen Mountain (or Tianmenshan Mountain) in China's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park on Aug. 1, 2016.
In a new clip from Running Wild With Bear Grylls, Nick Jonas strips down to hop in an ice-cold lake, risking cardiac arrest and losing circulation in...
Three-car crash north of Brisbane clogs Bruce Highway.
[...] Towhid Rouf is having trouble believing that this skinny, bearded man — killed with eight other suspected Islamist militants in a Bangladesh police raid — could possibly be his smart, well-behaved son. Orko, 24, and the other suspected militants were killed July 26 when police raided an apartment in the Kalyanpur area of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. Bangladesh’s secular government has geared up its drive against militancy after several months of deadly attacks targeting foreigners, atheist... Читать дальше...
Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, FETÖ’nün 15 Temmuz’daki darbe girişimiyle ilgili Türkiye’ye gelmeden yorum yapan AB Dış Politika ve Güvenlik Yüksek Temsilcisi Federica Mogherini’yi eleştirerek, “Bayan...Devamı için tıklayınız
Kenneth R. Gilbert, 87, of DuBois and formerly of Falls Creek, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 at the DuBois Nursing Home. Born July 20, 1929, he was the son of the late Amos and Sarah (McClusky) Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert was a veteran of the U.S. Army who had served in the Korean War. On Feb. […]
Donald Trump said he won't endorse two GOP leaders who have endorsed him after his primary win, taunting Paul Ryan and John McCain Tuesday.
BALTIMORE — Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister couldn’t wait to write up a lineup card that featured newcomers Carlos Beltran and Jonathan Lucroy. “I think I filled it out yesterday when I got the news,” Banister gushed Tuesday before the Rangers faced the Baltimore Orioles. “It was fun. A lot of anticipation of what it
Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Statehouse pushed for the list earlier this year during the legislative session, where anti-abortion legislation is common and almost always receives the governor's signature. The state's GOP supermajority refused requests from minority Democratic members to ensure the information given by the ultrasound providers was medically accurate. State officials also have posted a warning that the information the centers provide should not be used as medical advice and is not endorsed by the state. Читать дальше...
The Pro Football Hall of Fame released the order of enshrinement speeches for Saturday night’s induction ceremony, and former Packers, Jets and Vikings quarterback Brett Favre will be the eighth and final speaker of the night. That’s probably not coincidence. Former Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison will be inducted first, and he’ll be followed by…
Jim Cramer wasn’t surprised when these CEOs reported weak earnings.
The retailer is closing some of its stores within a store, while expanding others.
On Friday, North Dakota State University announced a batch of restrictions for most reporters covering their teams. On Tuesday, the school's president tossed them out.