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  • National Savings and Investments NS&I index-linked savings certificates are back on sale this morning, offering a lifeline to savers who have seen their nest-eggs eroded by inflation – currently running at 5.3% as measured by the retail prices index.

    NS&I index-linked saving bonds back on sale 2011

  • For Mr. Cullman, this decline in giving in a time of acute need means that foundation administrators are more concerned about the size of their nest-eggs than about their philanthropic mission.

    The Best Way to Really Give Away Money 2010

  • More than 3.5million public sector workers - including care home staff, dinner ladies, binmen and council officials - have entrusted their nest-eggs to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

    Some facts on Gordon Brown's "Cool Britannia" FIDO The Dog 2009

  • But unlike the "The Army Experience ', which lured kids into volunteering for a far more dangerous job than what they were shown in the game, this one's supposed to entice shrewd twenty-somethings into taking call-center jobs convincing seniors to invest their nest-eggs in high-risk securities."

    Short Story: "Fair Game" 2009

  • Hold onto your nest-eggs, shareholders, any short term inflation in the Dow is prone to a big Kaboom.

    Jamie Court: Pumping Up The Dow 2008

  • The collapse has hit pension funds, wiped out the nest-eggs of many investors – and added to the misery of staff, many of whom had built up substantial holdings of HBOS shares.

    - The Consumerist 2008

  • Most have also relied on the rising values of their homes as “nest-eggs” when they retire.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Robert Reich 2007

  • Most have also relied on the rising values of their homes as “nest-eggs” when they retire.

    Bailing out the Speculators Robert Reich 2007

  • And people routinely hedge against outliving their nest-eggs after retirement by purchasing private annuities.

    Social Insurance 2005

  • Members of both parties came together to pass a good bill that will improve our pension system, while expanding opportunities for Americans to build their own nest-eggs for retirement.

    At Nickelodeon Steve Hulett 2007

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