Budget Proposal Impacts Retirement Plans
Posted on February 16th, 2012
Within the pages of President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget proposal are several initiatives that could have a direct impact on your retirement strategy, including deduction limits for high-income 401(k) investors and a mandate for employer-offered IRA plans.
Brian Graff, executive director and CEO of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, lambasted the president’s proposals to limit the tax benefit for retirement savings for families earning over $250,000 as a “double tax on contributions” and “bad policy based on bad math.”
The budget seeks to reduce the value of itemized deductions and other tax preferences.
2012 best places to live in the world
Posted on February 4th, 2012
You might have thought the continuing recession, with its endless stories of doom and gloom, would put the skids on dreams of living abroad. But far from it.
It seems that the deeper the credit crunch bites, more and more of us want to carve out a slice of paradise overseas. According to a recent Mintel Research report, one in three Brits is now contemplating emigration.
And for those who are considering the move, what better source of advice than those expats who are already out there?
“The Queen of Versailles” – A Documentary On The Siegel’s 90,000 Square Foot Super Mansion
Posted on January 19th, 2012
(Jackie and her kids in the 20,000 square foot mansion they currently live in)
Heres your chance to get an inside look into the life of the family who is building the largest house in the country! The Queen of Versailles follows Jackie Siegel, timeshare mogul husband David, and their family as the Siegels build a 90,000 square foot Florida super mansion..and then watch it collapse with the market. It is one of the first two movies to sell at Sundance 2012. Sounds very entertaining; cant wait to see this!
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‘Connected homes’ expected to converse with computers, phones
Posted on January 12th, 2012
LAS VEGAS — Is your refrigerator running? If you don’t know, just ask it.
A vision of the future is now taking shape that will allow for communication with the ever-increasing number of gadgets in people’s homes: A refrigerator suggests recipes based on its contents and keeps track of when the milk is going to expire. A wall-mounted sensor detects when a person leaves the house and turns down the temperature to a preset level. A
New Boston Neighborhood Funded by ‘Porting’
Posted on January 10th, 2012
Construction has begun on the New Charlesview, one of the nation’s largest multifamily starts within the past year which, remarkably, is mostly affordable housing.
Located near Harvard Square in Boston’s Allston-Brighton neighborhood, the project is being funded through an unusual mix of sources, with development underway by two nonprofits: The Community Builders (TCB), a national urban housing developer, and Charlesview Inc., an interfaith organization founded in 1969 between local Catholic, Jewish and Methodist congregations to develop and manage the original secular, federally subsidized Charlesview Apartments.
The $207 million, LEED for Neighborhood Development-certifiable New Charlesview features both new construction and redevelopment. Pha
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