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<title>U.S. Politics Today: Retirement News</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news/iceland-pensions</link>
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<title>Sailing to far north with crew of guests</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201541844</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 09:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the Norwegian TV producer who wants to fill the boat with a crew of pensioners and sail from Norway to New York via Iceland, filming the whole thing for a reality TV show. Whatever their backgrounds, the guests  ...
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<title>Rescue the Old World Financial Order or Build a New One</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201503862</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 05:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  one person goes bankrupt every five minutes. Icelands entire economy is bankrupt. The plan on  ...  business Sunday, Oct. 12, after a six-day suspension due to Yom Kippur running into Saturday.  ...
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<title>Tasks for redesigning capitalism</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201482919</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 01:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on in the real economy. Some states (Iceland and Hungary) are clearly bankrupt. Some merely  ...  and no financial crises) - weakened. Through pension funds, investment funds, and arbitrage (or hedge)  ...
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<title>How hard-up retirees who haven&#39;t paid off their mortgage can beat the banks</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201476106</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 00:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  continued to work part-time at their local Iceland store. John, now 68, read about equity-release  ...  actually afford to save some of my pension now, says John. We have money to  ...  having paid-off their mortgage when retiring, many pensioners find themselves asset-rich and cash-poor. Until recently  ...
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<title>Four Tuskar companies to be liquidated</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201434139</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 20:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  owns what was referred to as the Iceland site in Dun Laoghaire. Bank of Scotland  ...  individuals who invested &#39;significant amounts&#39; from self-administered pension funds. The investors also faced additional risks  ...
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<title>Iceland moves to help businesses, eyes debt deals</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201418641</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 18:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... Iceland moves to help businesses, eyes debt deals  ...  deals By Wojciech Moskwa and Omar Valdimarsson REYKJAVIK, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Iceland&#39;s government announced  ...  a &#39;recovery fund&#39;, to invest money from &#39;pension funds, banks and other investors, including international  ...
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<title>Westford &#39;homebody&#39; remembered for his lifetime of service to town</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201352334</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 13:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  guy never really got to enjoy his retirement,&quot; said Sweetser, referring to Fletcher&#39;s variety of  ...  point, he was preparing to go to Iceland, but he was what they called a  ...
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<title>Interested parties queue up to take look at buying Woolworths</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201323753</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 08:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsbury&#39;s, Asda and Iceland, discount stores Wilkinson and Poundland, and other  ...  a large team covering insolvency, corporate finance, pensions, forensic and real estate to work on  ...
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<title>Out in the cold</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201235606</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 21:33 GMT</pubDate>
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... The collapse of Iceland&#39;s banks has affected some British charities who  ...  alarm its beneficiaries. It provides housing for pensioners. Khalid Aziz said that in some cases  ...
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<title>Up from the wreckage</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201225687</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 21:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  sell everything in his RRSP. Today his retirement portfolio is 100% cash. Duke belongs to  ...  a $150-billion bailout. An entire country - Iceland - all but declared bankruptcy, and the  ...
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<title>PRESS DIGEST - Ireland - Dec 1</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201112028</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 08:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  calm fears that a majority of Irish pension funds are on the verge of collapse,  ...  - Ireland is in danger of following Iceland into financial crisis within six months if  ...  for the safety of thousands of workers&#39; retirement funds amid claims many high-profile pension schemes  ...
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<title>Auditor gives council hope over finances</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201090294</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 06:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  with the council facing a massive 19m pension liability for staff at contractors Citycare, and  ...  we did not put any money in Iceland. Because of the credit crunch there are  ...
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<title>GHOST TOWN KETCHIKAN</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201068698</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 01:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to that purpose. There are riots in Iceland, and they are already shooting at each  ...  not decline further because mutual funds and retirement funds will not buy non-dividend stocks. Whoa,  ...
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<title>Iceland: A portent of the future</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=200984603</link>
<pubDate>30 Nov 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... Iceland is facing a social and economic catastrophe.  ...  of millions invested there by individuals, company&#39;s pension schemes, local councils, charities and police forcesmuch  ...  to look a bit too much like Reykjavik, but with taller buildings and fewer cod...  ...
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<title>Iceland: Street protests against government and economic meltdown</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=200984597</link>
<pubDate>30 Nov 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... Iceland: Street protests against government and economic meltdown  ...  meltdown Thousands protested in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik last Saturday, calling for the resignation of  ...  lost a lot of their savings and pensions and I have heard that young males  ...
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