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7 Money Moves for the 5 Years Before Retirement 03/15/2015 08:00pm • What you do in the five or 10 years before you retire can make a major difference in the quality of your life in retirement. No matter how much you have saved and prepared, you will still need to tick items off your retirement planning checklist. Here are seven last-minute retirement maneuvers that 5 Workplace Stereotypes About Millennials That Aren't True 03/15/2015 08:00pm • If you're over the age of 30, you've probably witnessed your share of complaining and eye rolling about millennial workers: They're entitled and expect to get great jobs without paying their dues; they don't understand how office hierarchy works; they're high-maintenance; they're job hoppers -- the IRS warns D.C. residents of tax scams 03/14/2015 06:51am • WASHINGTON — As tax day fast approaches, the IRS says D.C. residents trying to file their taxes are more vulnerable to scams. The District is one of three places nationwide that sees the most tax-related identity fraud, says Julianne Breitbeil with the IRS. One of the scams the agency is seeing No Metro fare hikes, but region could pay in the long run 03/13/2015 02:27pm • Advertising mock-up for Metro's plans to increase revenue. (Metro) WASHINGTON -- Metro has put off fare hikes and service cuts for now,  but financial struggles and future shortfalls mean the Washington region could pay more in the long run. In addition to ongoing attempts to recover from 10 Strategies to Save for Retirement on a Low Income 03/12/2015 08:00pm • It's extremely difficult to save for retirement when you are only earning a small salary. The Senate Special Committee on Aging recently held a hearing about retirement preparedness, and witnesses shared ideas for encouraging saving. Try these strategies to boost your retirement savings: Save by de The 100-Year-Old Portfolio: Investments for a Long Life 03/11/2015 08:00pm • Living to 100 used to be an actuarial punchline. Plan like you'll live to 100, but expect that you'll fall, oh, a couple of decades short. But for baby boomers heading into retirement in relatively good health and determined to stay that way, living to 100 is an increasingly likely possibility. Exp Don't Fall for These 5 Retirement Fallacies 03/09/2015 08:00pm • There are some legitimate retirement rules of thumb that can provide at least some measure of security. For example, the 4 percent rule says you can safely spend 4 percent of your assets every year adjusted for inflation. And the 100 minus your age rule suggests the percentage of your savings you s Avoid These Top 10 Tax Mistakes 03/08/2015 08:00pm • In the beginning of March, our thoughts turn to the (unpleasant) tax-filing season. This necessary evil goes with the territory of being a wage-earning citizen, and it has its pros and cons. Our taxes contribute to the great lives we inhabit here in the U.S., providing us with clean water, good roa 50 Affordable Places to Buy a Retirement Home 03/08/2015 08:00pm • Low-cost localesOne of the fastest ways to improve your retirement finances is to relocate to a place with more affordable housing and a lower overall cost of living. U.S. News analyzed Census Bureau data to find the places where homeowners age 65 and older pay the least in monthly housing costs, bo How Women Can Boost Their Financial Confidence 03/03/2015 07:00pm • When it comes to earning, investing and saving, women tend to lag behind their male peers. This gender difference is often blamed on women's caregiving roles, which often leads them to scale back their workforce participation when they become mothers or preemptively select more flexible jobs that co Understand the Consequences of Student Loan Default 03/03/2015 07:00pm • Recently, the New York Federal Reserve released some alarming information on student loan defaults that indicated up to a quarter of all borrowers from the last nine years have defaulted on their loans. The report also showed that up to 37 percent have missed at least one payment. These numbers are The Cost of Retirement in Ireland Versus Arizona 03/02/2015 07:00pm • When Donna Deeks and her husband decided to move from Arizona to Ireland for retirement, they were concerned about the cost of living. They wanted to buy a place of their own for their retirement overseas and worried that property prices in Ireland would make that dream impossible. They weren't eve How to Maximize Your Social Security Benefit 03/02/2015 07:00pm • Social Security took a cut out of every paycheck we ever earned. The money was used to pay benefits to our grandparents, parents and older siblings. Now it's our turn. It only makes sense that we want our fair share of benefits, too. The rules for collecting Social Security are incredibly complica ISIS issues death threats to Twitter founder, employees over blocked accounts 03/02/2015 10:02am • WASHINGTON -- ISIS supporters are calling for the killing of Twitter employees, including founder Jack Dorsey, for the deleting and blocking of the terrorist organization's social media accounts. The post, written in Arabic, features an image of Dorsey with cross-hairs superimposed over his face. I Retirement Milestones to Look Forward To 03/01/2015 07:00pm • Retirement is a transition into a new stage of life. Retirees get the freedom to choose how to spend their time, but they also walk away from the comfort of a steady paycheck and need to make important financial decisions. Here are some retirement rites of passage. Reaching financial freedom. You h