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Jun 4, 2018

How the GOP tax bill led to bigger pension contributions

(Markets Edition) Trade talks between the U.S. and China have ended without any agreements. On today’s show, we’ll take a brief look at some of the sticking points in their negotiations and some of the threats that they’ve lobbed at one another. Afterwards, we’ll discuss Apple’s plan to launch a series of tools that might help people spend less time on their phones, and then we’ll discuss a new study that finds the GOP tax law actually led some companies to contribute more to defined-benefit pension plans. (06/04/2018)

There is a “considerable amount of concern that middle-income Americans are not saving enough for their retirement,” says Joseph Cordes of George Washington University.
There is a “considerable amount of concern that middle-income Americans are not saving enough for their retirement,” says Joseph Cordes of George Washington University.
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(Markets Edition) Trade talks between the U.S. and China have ended without any agreements. On today’s show, we’ll take a brief look at some of the sticking points in their negotiations and some of the threats that they’ve lobbed at one another. Afterwards, we’ll discuss Apple’s plan to launch a series of tools that might help people spend less time on their phones, and then we’ll discuss a new study that finds the GOP tax law actually led some companies to contribute more to defined-benefit pension plans. (06/04/2018)

How the GOP tax bill led to bigger pension contributions