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A new contract between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union will raise the automaker's labor costs by less than 1 percent a year, reaching a company goal of holding the costs steady, executives said Thursday.

Social Security announced on Wednesday a 3.6 percent increase in benefits for next year, the first raise since 2009

Hundreds of Rhode Island firefighters and other public workers lined Statehouse hallways Tuesday as state leaders unveiled an ambitious and politically charged proposal to overhaul the state's hemorrhaging retirement system.

A ballot battle over whether to keep Ohio's tough new restrictions on public employee unions could give labor supporters and Democrats a lift going into the presidential election year. But some Democrats fear losing the Nov. 8 referendum could be another dispiriting setback that saps enthusiasm from the party's progressive...

Given todays unsure retirement environment, many employees are searching for options besides their 401(k) plans, especially considering how long people typically live after retirement, says Clark Frese, principal at Asset Strategy Retirement Plan Consultants.

Worker skepticism about having enough money to retire comfortably has taken a nosedive in a new national survey.

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Stocks jumped in late afternoon trading on reports that France and Germany have agreed to boost a rescue fund as part of an effort to stem the European debt crisis.