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The technology takeaway
By Eve B. Scheffenacker
Last spring, I spent a few weeks with a
friend who lives in Rome. One afternoon,
we took a wander through
Trastevere, stopping at a café in a small piazza.
Here’s what I saw ...
Late afternoon sunlight slanted across the
piazza from under the last of the blue-gray
clouds of a passing front. From the balcony
of an apartment across the way, a bougainvillea
vine swarmed over the railing, overwhelmed
the balcony below and tumbled to
the street in a fall of vermillion. On the steps
of the fountain in the middle of the piazza, a
50-something-at-least couple were necking
like teenagers while indifferent pigeons
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A financial action plan
for the future
By Pamela A. Schneider
In 1955, the life expectancy of the average
American was 69.6 years. By 1995,
it was 75.8 years. Ten years later, life
expectancy reached a new high of 77.9
years, according to the latest nformation
from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. While certainly positive, these
statistics may only add to the pressure many
people already feel about their lack of retirement
savings.
Unless you are among the fortunate few
who can count on receiving a generous pension,
you’ll want to start preparing for life
without a regular paycheck well in advance
of your retirement date. Even if you intend to
continue working indefinitely, you still should
be ready for the possibility that ill health or
other unexpected circumstances could force
you into retirement.
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