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Why four percent for retirement plans?Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:32PMWhen retirement planners try to estimate just how much money a couple or individual should take out of their savings annually, their model scenarios often assume a 4 percent annual withdrawal rate. Why is 4 percent used so frequently? Was that percentage plucked out of thin air? No, it actually became popular back in the 1990s. The "Trinity Study" helped popularize the 4 percent guideline. In ...

Time for a stand against making a standFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:10AMThe Fitz Files: Do you know why they call horseracing an industry? Because it bloody well is one.

New superintendent Stan Austin eager to begin at Cuyahoga Valley National ParkFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:39AMAustin plans on turning Cuyahoga Valley National Park into a destination and acknowledged that there will be challenges.

Steeped in purpose'Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:50AM“I wanted to create a brand and business idea that was meaningful to people,” says Seth Goldman of Honest Tea. “I wanted it to be about long-term value.”

Irate professors rally to block new administratorThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:06AMTo Fola Odebunmi, it boiled down to one simple question: Does a college system suffering unprecedented budget cuts really, truly need another $200,000-a-year administrator? The economics professor at Cypress College -- part of the North Orange...

Invigorating Cullowhee could hinge on Forest HillsWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:57AMAn unusual proposition has landed on the doorstep of Forest Hills, a tiny speck of a town at the edge of Western Carolina University.

The Story of the O'Reilly School of Technology - Part 3Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 7:56PMIn this third installment of my series of blog posts, I'd like to tell the story of the O'Reilly School of Technology and the new Make: Mathematics project. I'll also use this time and space to explain our overall mission and plans for OST in the future.

Near Yale, a 32-Story Gamble Rises in New HavenTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 7:50PMThe developer of the new apartment complex hopes it attracts Yale graduate students and the medical community.

Change we must believe inFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:11AMhttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Change has come to the Middle East. Over the past several weeks, multiple press reports indicate that Turkey is collaborating militarily with Syria in a joint campaign against the Kurds of Syria, Iraq and Turkey.