So he asked me whether he'd be better off working at a big company or a startup (he noted that the latter seemed livelier).

Diversity advocate Laura Gómez raises largest seed funding round by a Latina founder in Silicon Valley: $2 million.

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Nicole Farb cofounded Darby Smart to make it easy for people to buy and sell kits like these. There are more than 7 million ...

Typically you need to wait until you reach retirement age to start taking money out of a cash-balance plan. However, unlike a traditional pension plan, a cash-balance plan is portable. That means ...

From a single store in Rogers, Ark., in 1962., to more than 4,300 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club outlets today, see how the world's No. 1 retailer has expanded across the U.S., in this visualization by ...

America's top 50 small towns are not only thriving economically, they’ve also got all you could want in a place to raise a family: plenty of green space, good schools, and a strong sense of ...

A financial safety net for older Americans, Social Security was established in 1935 by the Social Security Act. Before that, support for the elderly wasn't a federal concern - it mostly fell to ...

The main difference is when you pay income taxes on the money you put in the plans. With a traditional IRA, you pay the taxes on the back end - that is, when you withdraw the money in retirement.

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