Today in The Wall Street Journal, Eleanor Laise and Kelly Green report that many companies that suspended 401(k) contributions during teh depths of the financial crisis have yet to restore them–despite a return to “surging profits and rising dividends.” Among the companies named in the article: FedEx, which last week boosted its profit expectations for …
Three years to the day that he hit his 500th home run, Alex Rodriguez, breaking a 12-day, 47 at-bat homerless drought, hit his 600th home run in a 5-1 Yankee victory over Toronto, becoming only the 7th man to reach that milestone. SI.com’s Joe Sheehan thinks it’s inevitable that Rodriguez will one day hold the …
Rep. Anthony Weiner in The New York Times: “While I appreciate the concern over the future of civility in politics, I believe a little raw anger right now is justified. Democrats make a mistake by pretending there is a bipartisan spirit in Congress these days, and would be better served by calling out Republican shams. …
My latest assignment has me working for Mr. Joe Plumeri, the chairman and CEO of the Willis Company. Have you ever heard of Willis? Neither had I, until this relationship began. Turns out Willis is a venerable British insurance company, now approximately 175 years old. Mr. Plumeri is an astute and charismatic businessman from the …
There was a set of astonishing statistics in the New York Post today, in an article by Michael Snyder: According to a 2009 poll, 61% of Americans “always or usually” live paycheck to paycheck, up from 43% in 2007. 43% of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement. 36% of Americans say that …