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...gold shamrock hanging from a gold chain on his neck and a black baseball cap. But O'Neil's retirement outlook is growing darker every day. He once made a six-figure salary, but the 63-year-old is fairly certain that his savings won't be able to sustain him for very much longer. He has some $500,000 left in his 401(k) and spends about $75,000 a year. At this rate, he worries he will tap out his retirement savings within the next decade. (See 10 things to buy during the recession...
Condé Nast, part of the privately held Advance Publications, has long prided itself on its luxury magazines, and has reportedly been willing to sustain big losses to maintain its image as the ne plus ultra of wealthy readership. Many speculate that the parent company's newspaper holdings, including such distinguished titles as the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the New Jersey Star-Ledger, propped up the magazine empire. But newspapers are no longer reliable golden geese, and Condé Nast recently called in a management consultancy to see how its business could be streamlined. (Read "Portfolio's Flameout...
...United States is impossible to ignore. Coercing companies into firing workers can only lead to a state of paralysis for unauthorized workers in the U.S., a state of residency in which they are neither acknowledged by the government nor given the chance to obtain meaningful employment in order to sustain their families, many of which include natural-born U.S. children who are harmed by poor immigration policy...
...move to prioritize and preserve endowment resources at a time when budgetary crises are sweeping higher education sets Princeton apart from its peers. And the decision—which appears to defy calls for schools to spend more from their endowments to sustain services and employment—may actually reflect remarkable foresight and could strengthen Princeton’s future spending capacity...
Nawaz says USAID needs to work directly with local NGOs in identifying and designing projects that local communities will "own" and sustain. That, however, would require far more manpower than USAID currently has; over the years, funding cuts have eviscerated it down to little more than a contract-management agency. USAID officials, who did not make themselves available for this article, told Congress this past summer that they are rapidly staffing up for Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the agency may soon have its biggest footprint since Vietnam. Currently the dependence on highly paid consultants means at least half of every...