Social Security Funding
The latest news and developments affecting Social Security funding, and how legislative moves may help or hurt the program.
Green Energy Gets Green Light
By Bob KeaneThe release of the first round of funding from the Obama Administration's stimulus law--the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--to a program that provides cash assistance...
February 10, 2009
EBSA Answers Funding Notice QuestionsThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has published a batch of advice aimed at sponsors and administrators of defined benefit pension plans.
December 04, 2008
Pru Hopes To Cash In Securities Firm StakeExecutives at Prudential Financial Inc. say the company wants to sell its stake in Wachovia Securities to the other co-owner.The other co-owner, which has a ...
November 12, 2008
Coalition Asks Ways And Means For Pension ReliefAbout 300 insurers, business groups, employers and union chapters are pleading with House Ways and Means Committee leaders for help easing Pension Protection Act funding ...
October 01, 2008
Foreign AidJohn Ledford is making an impact on the lives of small business owners worldwide. The president of Ledford Financial, which predominantly serves business owners and...
May 04, 2008
Credit Crunch Taking A Toll On The Settlement MarketThe settlement market first felt the impact of the credit crunch last fall, as providers purchasing off lines of credit found themselves at the mercy ...
May 04, 2008
Credit Crunch Taking A Toll On The Settlement MarketThe settlement market first felt the impact of the credit crunch last fall, as providers purchasing off lines of credit found themselves at the mercy ...
March 30, 2008
Trustees: Medicare Hospital Fund Could Run Dry In 2019The main Social Security trust fund, the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance fund, might not run out of cash until 2041, but the main Medicare fund, ...