| Stewart rethinks his retirement
AVONDALE, Ariz. - Tony Stewart made headlines when he said he was "ready to retire" after a frustrating race at Texas Motor Speedway last Sunday. Although Stewart later said he had spoken in the heat of the moment, retirement remains a possibility when his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing expires at the end of the 2009 season. .
Apr 25: NC State College of Management - Lecturer to discuss ...
Junichi Sakamoto, chief advisor for the Nomura Pension Management Research Group at the Nomura Research Institute in Japan, will present a guest lecture at the NC State University College of Management, in 3220 Nelson Hall.
Sakamoto will be speaking on Wednesday, Apr. 25, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., on the topic: Population Aging and Pension Reform in Japan." A reception will follow the lecture.
He will discuss demographic trends in Japan, highlighting the rapid aging of the population and the projected decline in the population. He will also assess the current state of retirement plans, including the impact of recent reforms in the Social Security system, the merger of retirement plans for public employees with the general Social Security system, new regulations for employer pensions.
Home loans to endure until death us do part
THE medieval meaning of the word mortgage has taken on fresh significance now that the home loan has become a cradle-to-grave proposition. The term comes from an Old French word that combines mort, or death, and gage, to pledge. This literal meaning of mortgage - death pledge - has not scared off Australian borrowers, who have been on a decade-long debt splurge. However, a sharp rise in the proportion of older home-loan-borrowers suggests mortgages will be a pledge until death for many more people than in the past. One in every four households in the 55-to-64-year-old age bracket has a mortgage on the house they live in, up from one in 10 a decade ago. And the rate of increase is gathering pace - the proportion of 55-to-64-year-olds with a mortgage jumped by 7 percentage points between 2002 and 2005 to 27 per cent, the fastest increase in any age bracket.
Ringler Associates / Capstone Bay Join Forces to Capture ...
MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5370361 ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2007--Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, Ringler Associates, the oldest and largest structured settlement company, and Denver-based Capstone Bay, a financial services firm specializing in structured sales, have agreed to further their common interests and to share resources whereby Capstone Bay becomes the structured sales division of Ringler Associates, according to Ringler Associates CEO and President Robert J. Blattenberg. "This is a great mesh of two companies with unique expertise and capabilities. With Ringler being the largest settlement annuity firm with offices nationwide and Capstone Bay's recent reorganization to focus on structured sales, we are in a position to become the national leader in employing the structured sale strategy to the sales of appreciated real estate, businesses and other properties.
Pharmacist looks to enjoy his retirement
Jim Ostle's close-knit family kept him in the family pharmacy for almost 55 years, but because the business climate for independent pharmacists has changed for the worse, Ostle has found it difficult to keep up. So he has sold his business to his competitor, and neighbor, Todd Evers, who operates a pharmacy just down the street. Ostle is retiring after business today and will leave a building that has housed only his and other drug stores in downtown Collinsville since it opened in 1880. He talked to reporter Will Buss about his career: Q: What will you do with your new-found free time? A: "I'm a librarian at the church library, and I also have my (model) trains." Q: Did you always plan to go into the family business? A: "My father was a pharmacist, and I was all signed up to go to the St.
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