U.S. Postal Service

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  LTCI Watch: Stockton

  By Allison Bell  |  May 16, 2013

  Those folks' boat leaks -- but your boat leaks, too.

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  Calif. controller: $64 billion in retiree health promises

  By Allison Bell  |  February 22, 2013

  The state should contribute $4.9 billion this year to start pre-funding the benefits, Chiang says.

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  Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs

  By Pauline Jelinek  |  February 6, 2013

  The announcement caps a tumultuous year in which the agency was forced to default on billions in retiree health benefit prepayments to avert bankruptcy.

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  Annuities 2020

  By Moshe A. Milevsky  |  January 4, 2013

  Wine for life? Annuity expert Moshe Milevksy suggests that annuity payments should be made in goods and services.

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  On the Third Hand: Dead letter

  By Allison Bell  |  January 3, 2013

  Where is the correct address for someone in Congress who will face reality?

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  On the Third Hand: You Have Mail

  By Allison Bell  |  July 23, 2012

  That thunk you here is a cold, hard lump of realism landing in your snail mail mailbox.

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  Facebook’s a Fad? As If

  By Corey Dahl  |  May 21, 2012

  If you think Facebook's just another Tickle Me Elmo, you're wrong — and it might end up hurting your career.

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  Postal Service Rescue: Benefits Big Part of S. 1789

  By Hope Yen, Associated Press  |  April 24, 2012

  Lawmakers may shake up the agency's health plan and change retiree health benefits funding rules.

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  Senate to Debate Postal Service Benefits Amendments

  By Allison Bell  |  April 20, 2012

  A Coburn proposal would affect retirement benefits, and a Rockefeller proposal would affect health benefits.

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  LTCI Watch: Do Insurers Want to Sell LTCI?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 19, 2012

  Protecting the role of private providers might not make much sense if the private providers want out.