Read more retirement stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3047/retirement.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:13:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73636/retire-feel-8-years-younger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetirement is great medicine, new research shows. A study of French workers for 7 years before and after they punched the time clock for the last time indicates health increases dramatically after retirement. Reports of poor health drop from 19.2% in the year before retirement to 14.3% the...http://www.newser.com/story/73636/retire-feel-8-years-younger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 15:28:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73178/exec-pensions-soared-as-stocks-tanked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteep increases in the pensions of top execs passed largely unnoticed amid the recent uproar about pay and bonuses. The average pension for a top executive rose 19% last year even as share prices fell by an average of 37%. More than 200 execs saw pensions boosted by over 50%...http://www.newser.com/story/73178/exec-pensions-soared-as-stocks-tanked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 4:47:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72492/brooks-vegas-gigs-sell-out-in-5-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCountry music superstar Garth Brooks can still pack 'em in, selling out 30,000 tickets in five hours yesterday for a series of 20 small-scale Vegas shows that will end his retirement for the time being. The Oklahoma cowboy will put on four shows a weekend for five weekends in...http://www.newser.com/story/72492/brooks-vegas-gigs-sell-out-in-5-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 6:30:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71982/justice-stevens-hints-hell-retire-this-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Paul Stevens, the senior justice on the Supreme Court and the bench's liberal lion, says he gave serious thought to retiring—in the late 1980s, when he was 65 years old. Instead, while younger colleagues have packed their bags, Stevens has become the court's master tactician, cobbling together narrow...http://www.newser.com/story/71982/justice-stevens-hints-hell-retire-this-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 6:01:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71802/garth-brooks-unretires.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGarth Brooks is officially out of retirement—whatever that means. The 47-year-old singer announced his return to great fanfare at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry today. “It’s a proud day for me and my family,” Brooks declared. But coming out of retirement doesn’t mean Brooks will be recording a new album,...http://www.newser.com/story/71802/garth-brooks-unretires.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 14:23:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70782/lewis-due-a-mere-53m-from-bofa-pension-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn executive pension plan Bank of America stopped in 2001—along with “golden parachute” balloon payments to execs leaving the company—will yield about $53 million for departing CEO Ken Lewis. Lewis, 62, participated for years in the plan, which was frozen the year he ascended to the top job....http://www.newser.com/story/70782/lewis-due-a-mere-53m-from-bofa-pension-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 20:08:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70677/bank-of-americas-lewis-to-resign-at-end-of-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKen Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America, is leaving the company, succumbing to nearly a year of strife that followed his company's acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The bank said in a statement that Lewis, 62, would retire as CEO and also leave the company's board by the end...http://www.newser.com/story/70677/bank-of-americas-lewis-to-resign-at-end-of-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 16:41:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70398/social-security-faces-grim-forecast-for-2010-2011.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next 2 years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s. The deficits—$10 billion in 2010 and $9 billion in...http://www.newser.com/story/70398/social-security-faces-grim-forecast-for-2010-2011.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Sep 2009 16:40:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69852/dont-let-the-recession-rule-out-retirement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetirement savers have been facing grim truths, like the fact that a 50% portfolio loss requires 100% in earnings to recover. But middle-of-the-road investors could recover in as little as 2 years if they make contributions, receive a company match, and see fair long-term portfolio returns, writes Linda Stern in...http://www.newser.com/story/69852/dont-let-the-recession-rule-out-retirement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 16:48:00 CDT