Preserving Social Security for future generations: Social Security is now a young people's issue.
Harriet is a 73-year-old retiree who lost her husband last year. Her grandson, Danny, is a 27-year-old who expects to change jobs several times before he retires. Harriet wants to make sure that the government follows through on delivering her promised benefits. But she also wants to...

Young generation attitudes and awareness towards the implementation of smart card in Bahrain: an exploratory study.
Abstract: SmartCards are one of the latest additions to the continuing list of advancements and innovations in the world of information and communication technology. A SmartCard resembles in size and shape to a normal credit card or bank ATM card, with a microprocessor chip implanted into the plastic card....

Economic indicators.
Market Rates and Bond Yields--% Dec. June Dec. 2005 2005 2004 Reserve Bank Discount 5.15 4.01 3.15 Prime Rate (monthly average) 7.15 6.01 5.14 Federal Funds Rate 4.16 3.04 2.16 3-Month Treasury Bills 3.89 2.97 2.19 6-Month Treasury Bills 4.18 3.13 2.43 3-Month Certificates of Deposit 4.45 3.38 2.45...

Financial report of the Secretary-Treasurer: 1 January 2004-31 December 2004.
The Secretary-Treasurer has organized this report to reflect the purpose and status of each of the Society's assets. Some investments are intended to help support gifts and grants while others are reinvested for growth. Routine operating funds are maintained in the SASS operating account. Income and expenditures are itemized....

Issue hangs over income tax talk.
Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Two Lane County commissioners clashed Wednesday over the county's public-safety income tax proposal and the taxation of retirement income. The exchange between commissioners Bill Dwyer and Bobby Green represented the board's first public conflict over an aspect of the $27...

Lightspeed Research: U.S. Consumers Use Debit Cards Most Frequently for Grocery Shopping.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-18 October 2006-Lightspeed Research: U.S. Consumers Use Debit Cards Most Frequently for Grocery Shopping(C)2006 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com More people are reaching for their debit cards at the checkout counter when shopping for groceries, according to a recent survey by Lightspeed Research. ...

30 years ago in reason.
"The FBI and CIA still spy and keep secret files on U.S. citizens. The IRS still harasses citizens. Since the Bank Secrecy Act of 1973 requires your bank to microfilm all of your checks and hold these records for six years, the state can get intimate details of your...

The coming GLBT senior boom.
GLBT ELDERS experience a number of particular concerns as they age. In a recent study (Shippy, et al., 2001), three in four gay elders reported not being completely open about their sexual orientation to healthcare workers. Discrimination following disclosure of sexual orientation has been reported in nursing homes and...

Retirement savings and expenditure patterns of renters and homeowners: different resources or different views?
This study examines the retirement preparation of renters and homeowners. Housing is commonly the largest asset for consumers and often provides benefits related to retirement such as reduced costs for housing services and the potential for reverse mortgages or other uses of equity. Consequently, the retirement preparation of renters...

W.'s memo for the fall: White House interoffice memorandum. Eyes only.
TO: John Snow, Treasury Secretary FROM: W. Dear John: I am asking you to work up a legislative proposal that I wish to be called Livelihood Insurance. We must get this right. Karl says this will make up for our problems with Social...