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Rebecca Caravati, executive director for Georgia Tech’s Office of Sponsored Programs, will retire Dec. 31.

Rebecca Caravati, a longtime Georgia public servant who is currently executive director for Georgia Tech’s Office of Sponsored Programs and interim vice president for research administration, has announced her retirement effective Dec. 31.

For more than 25 years, Caravati served in finance and research administration for the University System of Georgia. In addition to leading sponsored programs and research administration, she currently…….

Right now you might be feeling cold and tired of working. You’re checking your 401(k) balance, and you keep looking at Social Security calculators. You’re thinking about laying on a warm beach, and spending your days relaxing, golfing, fishing, or just not having to shovel snow or set your alarm every day.

People 65 and over make up almost 21% of the Florida’s population, and there’s a reason so many people retire to the Sunshine State. Florida does not tax Social Security benefits, pensions, IRAs, 401(k)s or other retirement income. Florida also has 1,350 miles of coastline—more than any other state except Alaska—and a c…….

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2021/12/22/retirement-2022-avoid-these-mistakes/49551635/

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OLD LYME — After more than a quarter of a century, there will be new owners behind the counter at Christensen Hardware and the store will have a new name as well.

“The most important thing to us is handing this business over to somebody we think is going to take good care of it, so it will be in good hands. It wasn’t about whether or not we were going to sell it, it was who are we going to sell it to,” said Bill Christensen, who has owned and operated the store with his wife, Nancy Christensen, for 26 years.

The couple and two of the new owners — Jessica Talerico and her father Ric…….

Across America, scores of municipal pension funds remain scandalously underfunded. But not the pension fund of Tampa’s police and firemen, thanks in large part to Jay Bowen, whose no-frills approach to stock picking has protected and served them for more than 45 years. 

Harold J. Bowen III has competed in so many triathlons he has lost count. At age 59, he’s training for his twelfth Escape from Alcatraz race, which means that next June he will swim 1.5 miles across San Francisco Bay, ride a bike 18 miles to Golden Gate Park and run eight miles …….

Reg Jones

Whether you have just retired or are planning to do so, you need to know what happens after you submit your retirement application.

If your agency meets the processing standards set by OPM, your application – fingers crossed – will move through your agency’s personnel and payroll offices in 30 days or less. However, an end-of-year bulge of applications, plus staffing shortages in your agency personnel and payroll offices caused by COVID-related illnesses and use-or-lose annual leave, may cause that deadline to slip.

Regardless of how long it takes, your agency shou…….

King Street may be short of royalty these days, but there is a mother figure holding court at 349 King St.

Kim Onam Brown is known as Mama Kim, both for her Korean restaurant of the same family name (Onam is her first name and Brown is her married name) and for the relationship she has year after year with local customers. 

“You may know some of my friends,” Kim said coyly while leading a visitor down a red hall jammed with more photos than a doting grandmother’s apartment. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott. The Zuckers. Bill Murray and his children. Most with arms draped around the diminutive dy…….

Published on December 21 2021 1:02 pm
Last Updated on December 21 2021 1:02 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

The St. Elmo district will soon be looking for a new superintendent.

The school board Monday accepted the resignation of current superintendent Julie Healy, as she intends to retire. The retirement is effective June 30.

St. Elmo board members also purchased interactive whiteboards for District classrooms, purchased lockers for the girls locker room, and voted to seek bids for a bus garage expansion project.

The Board approve…….

Abby Joseph Cohen, the Goldman Sachs senior investment strategist whose upbeat forecasts on the stock market made her one of the faces of the 1990s bull market, will retire at the end of the year.

“Abby played a critical role in expanding our global investment research franchise around the world and served the division in numerous leadership roles,” said Jan Hatzius, head of the global investment research division and the firm’s chief economist. “She has been an influential presence at the firm and across the financial industry.”

Ms. Cohen, 69, has been pulling back from her responsibilities at Goldman for several year…….

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An overwhelming majority of retirement savers believe they are on track to retire comfortably, according to a new national poll conducted by Kiplinger in partnership with money management firm Personal Capital. Some 40% of savers are very confident that they’re on track for a comfortable retirement, and 44% are somewhat confident. The poll, conducted in November, surveyed individuals with at least $50,000 in retirement savings.

Most survey participants are saving diligently. Nearly 60% are stashing 10% or more of their income toward retirement, and about 30% of responde…….