Early Retirement

Ford Motor Co. Doesn't Need These Autoworkers Anymore

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

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DETROIT (AP) — About 1,700 Ford Motor Co. factory workers have decided to take early retirement offers and will leave the company by June 1. ...

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About Leadership: Experience Counts

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 02.07.2012

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I think that today we undervalue experience. Perhaps not in the go-go businesses of Silicon Valley, where there is precious little experience available. But in the mature businesses -- oil, chemicals, minerals, etc.

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Public Employees Rush To Retire

www.nytimes.com | Posted 12.08.2011

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MADISON, Wis. -- As states and cities struggle to resolve paralyzing budget shortfalls by sending workers on unpaid furloughs, freezing salaries and e...

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Want to Retire Early? You Don't Need Riches

The Huffington Post | Laura Rowley | Posted 11.25.2011

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One in five Americans plans to retire before age 65, according to a new study, and they're not just the ultra-wealthy. There's hope for everyone to ba...

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Should You Put Retirement on Hold?

Jason Alderman | Posted 11.03.2011

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One indicator that our economy is still hurting is that more people are postponing retirement. If you're hoping to retire in the next few years, consider the following tips.

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Cisco To Cut Workforce By 11,500 Employees

Posted 09.17.2011

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Cisco Systems plans to cut its workforce by 11,500 employees as part of its plan to cut annual expenses by $1 billion and revive its business. ...

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Job-Creation Idea No. 12: Let The Old Folks Retire Early And Make Way For Young Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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(No. 12 in Huffington Post's America Needs Jobs series.) Looking ahead fearfully to something that may or may not be a problem decades from now, Pres...

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Doing the Math on Early Social Security Benefits

Mark Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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The message that Americans will do better by waiting until full retirement age to file for Social Security benefits is tough for some to accept. Why wait until age 66 to get something that you can take at age 62?

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Don't Count on an Inheritance

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier this decade, headlines blared that trillions of dollars soon would begin changing hands in the largest wealth transfer in history, as depressi...

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Ford: Buyouts, Early Retirement Offered To All 41,000 Of Its U.S. Hourly Workers

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. has offered buyout or retirement incentive packages to all of its 41,000 U.S. hourly workers as it tries to further red...

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Ken Lewis Is No Dummy

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Imagine you are Ken Lewis, who yesterday announced his decision to take early retirement from his position at Bank of America. You want to understand why Ken walked? Look at it this way...

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Xerox Targets Retirees: Can Today's Workers Be Far Behind?

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011

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Xerox workers are quickly replaced and disposed of like a used 9 volt battery in the smoke detector -- still has life in it but gets changed every 6 months for safety's sake.

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Early Retirement Claims Increase Dramatically

Los Angeles Times | Mike Dorning | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Washington -- Instead of seeing older workers staying on the job longer as the economy has worsened, the Social Security system is repo...

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