Reuters Money: Retirement providers push for email for cost savings

Click to View in Browser 03/28/2012 Retirement providers push for email for cost savings NEW YORK (Reuters) - Companies that serve 401(k) plans are asking the Labor Department to reconsider its stance on mailed notification, so that they can save costs by using email instead of regular mail to send information to plan participants. Why college students stop short of a degree CHICAGO (Reuters) - Aspiring journalist Fruzsina Eordogh dropped out of Loyola University Chicago last spring, just a few classes shy of graduating. Analysis: Commodities look to simmer not boil this year NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even with crude oil prices nearing record territory, experts see signs that the market for commodities is running on fumes. Self-directed IRAs satisfy alternative investors (Reuters) - Despite the surge in popularity of target-date funds, which put retirement investing on autopilot, some bold individuals are going to the other extreme. These aggressive investors are using a special kind of account, called a "self-directed" Individual Retirement Account (IRA), to add alternative -- and sometimes off-beat -- investments to their retirement portfolios. Wells Fargo to face lending program class-action suit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co was ordered to face a class-action lawsuit in Minnesota federal court by investors who accuse the bank of improperly touting a lending program as safe when in fact it was risky. Same old, same old expected from RIM under new CEO TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion is likely to prove this week that it's much easier to install a new chief executive than it is to turn around a struggling company in his first quarter at the helm. Of two minds about Roth conversions? NEW YORK (Reuters) - To Roth or not to Roth? As it turns out, you can sort of have it both ways. Analysis: The U.S. elections: Time for investors to worry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors have yet to break a sweat over November's U.S. elections. That's likely to change soon. Princeton Review to sell test guides business, change name (Reuters) - The Princeton Review Inc, best known for providing preparation guides for competitive exams like the SAT, GRE and GMAT, said it sold its test preparation business to focus on its online education unit. Apple's gains make some mutual funds riskier NEW YORK (Reuters) - When it comes to Apple, investors could become victims of their own success. Related Video The great mortgage debate More pennies at the pump Business News Stock futures imply flat open after durable goods data Durable goods rise tepidly in February The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend