Getting the maximum Social Security benefit in the United States is rare. Extremely rare, in fact—only achievable for those ...

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When to claim Social Security is a hard decision for many retired workers. Eligibility starts at age 62, but there is a trade-off between claiming right away and delaying. Specifically, the earlier ...

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A third-party dental marketing agency's unsecured database exposed millions of patient profiles with personal information ...

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Private equity comes to your 401 (k)? BlackRock (BLK) announced this week that it’s launching a target-date fund that will ...

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Planning for what happens to your finances when you're gone can be a tough but necessary conversation. On this episode of Decoding Retirement, Robert "Bob" Powell speaks with Jeffrey Levine, chief ...

Every week or so, I bank some personal finance nuggets that don't make it into my Yahoo Finance columns. So now — and in weeks to come — I'll be clearing out my notebook. Here we go: Private equity ...

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed ...