Monthly Archives: August 2023

Early Retirement Resources 8/28/2023

This week I start with a focus on the idea of determining how much is enough and learning to spend joyfully once you’ve reached that point. Resources address what many people think is hard about investing and retirement planning…. building

Arizona Alliance Holds Its Convention

Rep. Ruben Gallego, Rep. Greg Stanton and Fred Yamashita, Executive Director of the Arizona AFL-CIO, spoke at the Arizona Alliance’s convention last Friday in Phoenix, and Sen. Mark Kelly sent a video greeting. Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance,

It is Possible to Control Negative Thoughts about Aging

Age bias doesn’t show up only as discrimination or snarky birthday cards, according to The Washington Post. One potent source of ageism comes from older people themselves. Internalized ageism is the negative voice in people’s heads that sometimes pushes them

White House to Name First 10 Drugs for Medicare Negotiations Next Week

The Biden-Harris administration plans to unveil the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations Tuesday, in a milestone in the president’s plan to lower the price of prescription drugs. Democrats in the House and Senate passed legislation requiring Medicare

How Long Will You Live? Most People Don’t Account for This Retirement Data

While no one has a definitive answer to the question “How long will you live?”, coming up with an educated, realistic estimate goes a long way toward building a retirement plan that assures income security. Unfortunately, most U.S. adults lack what

Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault

Air passengers are hit by severe delays and cancellations – with warnings some disruption could last for days.

What are my rights if my flight is cancelled or delayed?

Technical glitches may cause disruption at airports but passengers do have rights.

Chevron: Workers at major Australia gas facilities to strike

The Chevron plants account for more than 5% of the world’s liquefied natural gas production.

Bank of Family helps nearly half of home buyers

The Bank of Mum and Dad has grown and is set to help more than 300,000 home purchases this year.

IBM’s CEO, who froze hiring for thousands of back-office jobs and predicted A.I. would take up to 50% of new jobs, just piled into a $4.5 billion tech unicorn’s massive new $235 million funding round