Word: helping
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...changing fast. Interest in retirement plans is on the rise among small businesses, largely because of a number of important changes in the business climate. The Federal Government has created a simple retirement plan designed for small businesses, the financial industry has begun to use the Internet to help companies administer their plans, and there is a growing recognition by managers that offering retirement benefits is key to recruiting in a tight labor market...
...general, though, it's still difficult to estimate just how much a retirement plan will cost a business, according to the Department of Labor, because of the many variables involved. The department is working on a website, scheduled to go online in October, that will help businesses estimate expenses under various plans...
...addition to the traditional and electronic 401(k)s, small companies are trying a wide range of retirement options, from the simple, newer plans to time-tested profit-sharing arrangements that require the help of a financial professional. An option that became available in 1997 is the SIMPLE (savings incentive match plan for employees of small employers) IRA. The plan, open to any business with 100 or fewer employees, allows employers to match employee contributions by filling out one irs form and setting up an IRA. Another alternative is a SEP (simplified employee pension), which allows only the employers...
Holbrooke may be more successful in persuading European countries to step up their aid to Kosovo, including some of the promised donations that have not yet arrived. Scores of villages have received no help, hundreds of factories sit idle, and more than 70,000 roofs need repair. "The clock," says a European aid official, "is ticking faster than we can move." And with Pristina's air already carrying a hint of winter nip, it is clear there won't be much room for error. Between sessions with U.N. workers, Holbrooke planned to drop in for a visit at Tricky Dick...
...While civilians are encouraged to read and professional poets show up, it's the cops who are causing the interest, maybe because of contributions like this one from Officer Linda Griffith: "He allows me to walk [amid] the danger./ He lets me extend help to a stranger./ My flesh crawls and I miss him when he's not under my wing./ I don't let people see or touch him, it's a private thing./ So you should be grateful and understand what I've done./ If and when I let you touch the butt...