| Govt. implements committee recommendations on ex-soldiers pension To reduce the gap between past and current ex-servicemen pensioners, the Central Government has accepted all the recommendations of the committee under the Cabinet Secretary to look into the issue of disparity in pensions and other related... | |
| Gurkha activists' fury over British minister's attack on cause campaigner Joanna Lumley British Defence Minister Kevan Jones came under fire after accusing Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley of "deathly silence" over the allegations that war veterans hoping to settle in UK are being forced to pay hundreds of pounds for legal advice in... |
| RetireSafe Urges All Seniors to Call on Congress to Save Physician Hospitals' Quality Care for Medicare Patients WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today RetireSafe, representing 400,000 senior citizen supporters across America, urged seniors nationwide to call on Congress to save high-quality... |
| Probe ordered into pension mystery NEW DELHI: An internal investigation carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has revealed that among senior citizens, physically handicapped persons and widows entitled to receive pension... |
| Immigrants' older parents with $1m to invest get priority Wealthy older parents of settled immigrants will be given priority to retire here if they are rich enough to invest $1 million over four years. They will have to have good health but will not need... |
| Death of 28-year-old woman in Nipawin 'suspicious': RCMP RCMP are describing the death of a 28-year-old Nipawin woman who was found in a back alley on Tuesday as “suspicious.”Police on Wednesday were still on the scene in the 100 block of Second Street... |
| Daley says pension fix ideas on the way at 2:40 p.m.Mayor Richard Daley signaled today that controversial recommendations for reforming the city’s employee pension systems will be coming soon.The announcement came more than two years... |
| 43% Americans have less than $10,000 for retirement WASHINGTON: As the number of American workers with virtually no retirement savings grew for the third straight year, over four in 10 had less than $10,000, according to a new survey. The per... |
| How Changing Jobs Affects Your Retirement Savings Frequently switching jobs can make it more difficult to save for retirement. If you don’t stay with the company for a specified number of years, you may not be able to take any or only a... |
| Virtual Senior Center Connects Homebound Seniors to Community and Family NEW YORK, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp., the city of New York and Selfhelp Community Services Inc. today unveiled their Virtual Senior Center, an innovative public-private... |
| 3 300 people taking pension from both MCD Delhi govt Probe Among the beneficiaries of MCD's pension scheme for elderly, widows and physically challenged, around 3,300 have been collecting the amount from both the civic agency and Delhi government, an... |
| Old people tired of life may get right to die Healthy, elderly people who are simply "tired of living" could be allowed to end their lives with a lethal injection under new euthanasia laws being debated by the Dutch... |
| Old people tired of life may get right to die in Netherlands Healthy, elderly people who are simply "tired of living" could be allowed to end their lives with a lethal injection under new euthanasia laws being debated by the Dutch... |
| British pension agency will invest in private equity, infrastructure London: The British agency which takes over underfunded defined benefit pension funds when their sponsor goes bankrupt said it would invest in private equity and infrastructure to seek higher... |
| Former chief investment officer pleads guilty in Cuomo’s pension fund probe The former chief investment officer of New York state’s pension system pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges he participated in a pay-to-play kickback scheme. David Loglisci pleaded guilty to... |
| Ex-official admits guilt in NY pension probe A former New York state investment officer has admitted helping channel hundreds of millions of dollars in public pension fund money to politically connected investment firms in a "pay-to-play"... |
| Bangladesh's Raqibul Announces Surprise Retirement CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Batsman Raqibul Hasan threw the Bangladesh team into disarray on Wednesday after announcing his international retirement just two days before the start of the first... |
| Andy Burnham sets out options for elderly care funding Andy Burnham , the health secretary, announced today he is considering three options to pay for a new "national care service" including a progressive estate levy.But the first cross-party debate on... |
| Hormone Thought to Slow Aging Associated With Increased Risk of Cancer Death (JCEM), older men with high levels of the hormone IGF-I (insulin-like growth factor 1) are at increased risk of cancer death, independent of age, lifestyle and cancer... |
| New Nutritional Supplement Shows Potential as Anti-Aging Product MirugaiLife® is a new nutritional supplement that the Fujisawa Bristol Corporation research development team believes has the potential to help curb the effects of aging and increase longevity in... |
| Actor Corey Haim dies aged 38 Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent drug overdose, police said today. He was... |
| Nomar signs with Boston, announces retirement Boston Red Sox . The 1997 American League MVP signed a one-day contract with his former team Wednesday, then announced he's ending his 14-year career. Garciaparra will become an analyst for ESPN. A... |
| MPs' pension plan wins lifetime award for mis-spending The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the "gold-plated" pension plan for members of Parliament is worthy of its "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the advocacy group's annual awards for wasteful... |
| Ex-New York Pension Fund Officer Pleads Guilty March 10 (Bloomberg) -- David Loglisci, former chief investment officer of the New York state pension fund under former comptroller Alan Hevesi, pleaded guilty in connection with corruption at the... |
| Lost Boys actor Haim dies aged 38 The Lost Boys actor Corey Haim has died aged 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office has confirmed.A spokeswoman said he passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning at Providence St Joseph... |
| Work, Leisure Attitudes of Baby Boomers, Generation Xers and Millennials Compared Managing the young generation of workers -- sometimes called GenY, GenMe, or Millennials -- is a hot topic, covered in the popular press and discussed in numerous books and seminars. However,... |
| NY AG To Announce Development In Pension Fund Probe Wed on Wednesday. Further details weren't immediately available. Cuomo's office has alleged that Henry "Hank" Morris, a one-time top aide to former New York Comptroller Alan Hevesi, and David J.... |
| Older Donors and Recipients Aid Transplants We're all getting older, and that applies to organ donors and recipients as well. Demand for organs far exceeds supply. According to data from the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation... |
| World War II Compensation: Ghetto Laborers Still Waiting for German Pensions Germany approved the requisite legislation back in 2002, but many of those who worked in Jewish ghettos during World War II are still waiting for their pensions. Indeed, up to 90 percent of... |
| Nurses To Make Aged Care An Election Year Issue, Australian Nursing Federation The massive $300 wages gap between aged care and public hospital nurses is set to become an election year issue with the launch of a national advertising campaign by the Australian Nursing ... |
| Nurse drugs elderly woman decamps with cash jewellery A nurse, who looked after an 83-year-old ailing woman living alone in Kottayam district near Kochi, allegedly used to drug her with sleeping pills for nearly two years and looted cash and gold... |
| Police identify elderly man found dead RCMP Constable Janine Peter talks to the media Sunday March 7 near the acreage where an elderly man's body was found Saturday. The death has been ruled a... |
| Actor Corey Haim, teen star of The Lost Boys, dies of drugs overdose aged 38 Canadian-born Haim became a teenage heartthrob with the 1986 film "Lucas" and 1987's The Lost Boys.His first role was in the 1984 hit Firstborn, in which he played a young child caught up in a family... |
| Care home manager denies murder of two elderly residents A care home manager accused of murdering two residents said today that she had regarded the elderly people she looked after as "my family" and had always tried to make sure they were "loved".Rachel... |
| 91-Year-Old Woman Killed In Northwest Side Crash An elderly woman died about four hours after the car she was riding in was hit by three other vehicles Tuesday afternoon on the Far Northwest Side. About 3 p.m. the woman was in a car driven by... |
| Swiss could benefit from Dutch pension model Switzerland should look towards the Netherlands if it wants to improve the efficiency of its occupational pension system, a pensions expert tells... |
| Six Out Of Ten Think Politicians Are Not Doing Enough To Improve Care For Older People, UK Politicians must work together to find long-term solutions on care reform, says Age Concern and Help the Aged, as new figures reveal six out of ten1 think politicians are not doing enough to work... |
| Egypt's Sheikh Tantawi, head of al-Azhar, dies aged 81 - Summary Cairo/Riyadh - Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, Grand Sheikh of Cairo's al-Azhar and one of the leading authorities of Sunni Islam, died Wednesday in Saudi Arabia aged 81, the Egyptian embassy in... |
