Retirement

(Updated at 3:35 pm to add comments from school bus driver Alex Bergstrom and First Student executive Kim Mingo.)About 400 Seattle school bus drivers went…

You've saved up enough to quit working. Congrats! But here's a new puzzle: figuring out how to enjoy retirement without blowing your savings too soon, when you don't know if you'll live 5 years or 25.

Janet Sims-Wood, 67, is like millions of other seniors still working in order to make ends meet. For the part-time librarian, the recession put a huge dent in her savings, so she expects she'll have to work as long as her health allows.

The numbers are staggering. Three-quarters of the population approaching retirement (aged 50 to 64) earns less than $53,000 a year. That group has saved…

One of the great debates among those approaching retirement is whether to take Social Security benefits at age 62, 66 or 70. There's no one-size-fits-all…

The end of the year is a great time to review your finances. Are you saving enough for retirement?According to U.S. News & World Report, about a third of…

Sixty percent or more of American families have 401(k) or 403(b) retirement plans. If you're under the age of 50, you can invest up to $16,500 in tax…

Loren and MaryAnn Anderson have announced their intent to leave Pacific Lutheran University in the spring of 2012, at the end of the academic year.In the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-960608.mp3How much income will you need to be financially secure after age 65? It’s…

Are you losing sleep over your pension fund?Public and private pension funds are under a lot of stress due to the Great Recession. The Washington Post's…