A new report lays out how the gender pay gap becomes a retirement wealth gap

A new report lays out how the gender pay gap becomes a retirement wealth gap

May 21, 2020

New research outlines a range of factors that combine to help explain why women face such an uphill climb in funding their retirement. The report from the National Institute on Retirement Security found that median household income for women aged 65 and older was just 83% of median household income for men in 2016. Christian […]
‘Someone has to pay’ for the rising U.S. health care costs

‘Someone has to pay’ for the rising U.S. health care costs

Apr 23, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has already cost millions of U.S. jobs, and it could seriously drive up the cost of health care as well. Although most insurance companies have announced they would be waiving the cost of coronavirus testing and treatment, the surge in...
Here’s a running list of CEO pay cuts during coronavirus crisis

Here’s a running list of CEO pay cuts during coronavirus crisis

Apr 22, 2020

First, the coronavirus outbreak hit the restaurant, hotel and airline industries. Their revenues dried up as people everywhere take on social distancing to slow the spread of the virus.  Other industries like the movie theater industry, which has more than 150,000...
143 public companies have cut CEO pay

143 public companies have cut CEO pay

Apr 17, 2020

The coronavirus economic crisis has left around 22 million people filing for unemployment so far, a staggering number that wiped out all job gains since 2009. One immediate response to the economic shutdown and the sharp job cuts was business leaders taking pay cuts....