Month: December 2022

The moves at the nation’s largest newspaper publisher include a week of mandatory unpaid leave and voluntary buyouts. The chief executive of Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the country, announced widespread cost-cutting to its newsrooms on Wednesday, citing headwinds from the “deteriorating macroeconomic environment.” In a memo to the staff, Mike Reed, the chief

El ajuste por costo de vida aumentará en 8,7 por ciento el próximo año, brindando alivio a los jubilados y otras personas que dependen en gran medida de esos pagos. Unos 70 millones de estadounidenses que cobran el Seguro Social recibirán un aumento de 8,7 por ciento en sus beneficios el próximo año, el mayor

Automatically adjusted lifetime income is rare and worth protecting, our columnist says. The 8.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security isn’t just a big benefit increase. It’s priceless. You can’t buy inflation-protected lifetime income like that on the open market, not from an entity as solid as the United States government. “People don’t appreciate what

One reason: You pay for it. And, despite what many Americans believe, it’s “definitely a misconception” that it will run out before you retire, experts say. To most young people, few topics are as dull as Social Security. Or, as one 36-year-old friend put it to me recently, “I assume it won’t be around by