Paying off a mortgage before retirement is not always the best idea.


CEDAR FALLS - The Board of Education on Monday approved earlyretirement incentives for the first time in more than 25 years.


These pros and cons will determine what's best for each 40- and 50-something saving for retirement.


Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari signed a law on Tuesday that outlaws harassment of women in the workplace and sets punishments of up to three months in prison for offenders, his office said.


A retired doctor in Springfield says his last 15 years have been his most active yet, despite living with what is usually a disabling condition.


PEORIA, Ariz. — Mike Sweeney has how no idea where he'll be a month from now — either in a major league uniform or at home in San Diego beginning retirement with his family.


AFTER the Pakatan Rakyat plundered the spoils from the March 8, 2008 general election debacle structured by the Barisan Nasional, the PR people bragged that “people power” - while failing to topple the ruling party - had ripped it apart, succoured by an electorate warm to the idea of an alternative political regime.


OLYMPIA — The Senate approved $890 million in tax increases Sunday, including the first hike in the state's share of the sales tax since 1983.


Estate tax repeal is real, .... well maybe. Congress might retroactively reinstate the estate tax. Then again they might not. The gift tax rate is currently 35% and is scheduled to be 55% next year if Congress doesn't act. Carry over basis is now the law.


Here's what's new in business TV, movies, books and magazines for March.