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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Brief History of the 401(k) Congress was trying to close a loophole on executive bonuses when it created the 401(k). Most companies intended 401(k)s - which were originally called salary-reduction plans but then renamed for the portion of the tax code that makes them possible - to be a perk for highly paid executives, not a pension replacement. That's because lower-paid employees probably could not afford to defer a portion of their paychecks. So companies held on to their pension systems even as they added 401(k)s, which by law they had to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It's Time to Retire the 401(k) | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...uniformly think is interesting but that no one has really paid much attention to." His search for uses of the word took him from erudite scholarly archives to explicit porn sites. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached the author by phone in Seattle during his book tour. (See a brief history of the F word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Writing the Book on the F Word | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...only at a group rate. So off everyone goes to Bora Bora with the expectation that the feelings talk is optional. Instead, they are forced into having their relationships analyzed by the resident guru, Monsieur Marcel (Jean Reno), and a team of therapists that includes John Michael Higgins (a brief bright spot) and Ken Jeong, who gets a laugh just by being recognizably that guy from The Hangover, a blessing and a curse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couples Retreat: The Glum-Married Pack | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...Read a brief history of presidents and the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling 'Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...Israeli security barrier have now turned what used to be an hour-long delivery to Tel Aviv into an expensive two-day journey. Even the fresh water piped from a spring two miles away is under Israeli control and only flows for half the week. (See a brief history of oktoberfest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Palestinian Brewery Grows in the West Bank | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

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