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Help for 50-Somethings Short on Retirement Funds

Posted on 04/4/2013 by Deb Silverberg | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Money & Savings | WorkThe following is a guest post from Barbara Friedberg. There is no shortage of people in their 50s with little retirement savings. Pension plans like the ones our parents’ generation relied on are few and far between. Those 401(k) balances aren’t as high as we hoped. Social Security still faces the possibility of the “chained CPI” COLA proposal. Most of us, like my friend Seth, haven’t saved enough. Seth lives in New York City and earned a mid six-figure salary …

Age Wave Brings New Career Options for Boomers

Posted on 03/29/2013 by Deb Silverberg | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Money & Savings | WorkA staggering number of people in the United States remain unemployed, with more workers over age 45 remaining out of work for a year or longer. As Chris Jansing explains in this segment of the NBC Nightly News “Road to Retirement” series, many Americans — especially people 50+ — are taking advantage of the age wave to reinvent their careers or strike out on their own. That was the case with Roseann Brown, 59, who now works as a fitness instructor to …

Staggering Stories of Jamaican Lottery Scams

Posted on 03/11/2013 by Deb Silverberg | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Home & Family | Money & Savings UPDATED March 13 with link to view episode | Who falls for something that appears too good to be true, like winning a Jamaican lottery? More people than you think. Advocacy groups, government officials and the media – most recently, venerable newsman Dan Rather – are shining a light on this despicable form of fraud and the devastating consequences on elderly victims and their families. These criminals tend to prey on seniors with fixed incomes – people who can least …

Fighting Foreign Lottery Fraud – and More

Posted on 03/4/2013 by Deb Silverberg | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Money & SavingsThink no one falls for it? Think again. The news could come in the form of a letter, a phone call, or an e-mail – perhaps from a Jamaican lottery official: Congratulations! You’ve won a huge prize in our lottery! To claim your winnings, all you need to do is pay the taxes on your prize and wire the funds or provide a credit card. The bad news: Scammers are getting better at targeting the people who actually will believe …

Telecommuting: Yahoo Closes Door, Opens Window

Posted on 02/28/2013 by Deb Silverberg | AARP Blog Author | Comments

WorkBring up Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer among colleagues or friends, and I dare you to try to have a five-minute conversation. You’ll likely hear jeers, cheers, or both when it comes to Yahoo’s pending ban on full-time and occasional telecommuting. Work-life experts, talk shows, journalists on workplace issues, big and not-so-big bloggers and lots of HR professionals are sounding off. Even celebrity CEOs from Virgin’s Richard Branson (Team Telework) to Donald Trump (Team Marissa) have weighed in. Full-time remote workers …

Meet This $50,000 Retirement Contest Winner

Posted on 12/26/2012 by Deb Silverberg | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Money & Savings | Work“Learning about retirement planning has never been so much FUN!” Fun? Some people might use other “f” words. Maybe winning $50,000 would help change your mind. It was a game-changer for one woman (more on her in a minute). For many, retirement planning falls between somewhat intimidating to downright frustrating, or maybe even depressing — especially if you are, or have been, out of work. Those are just a few reasons why AARP’s financial security education team decided to inject some …