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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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Hold onto your nest-eggs, shareholders, any short term inflation in the Dow is prone to a big Kaboom.
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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
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Most have also relied on the rising values of their homes as “nest-eggs” when they retire.
Archive 2007-08-01 Robert Reich 2007
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Most have also relied on the rising values of their homes as “nest-eggs” when they retire.
Bailing out the Speculators Robert Reich 2007
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And people routinely hedge against outliving their nest-eggs after retirement by purchasing private annuities.
Social Insurance 2005
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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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