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Comfortable retirement an elusive goal for many

...suggests "a much higher degree of realism" about the need to increase savings rates, said Jack VanDerhei, EBRI's research director, and co-author of the report.That could explain why confidence remains low, despite the economy's gains since...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2013-03-22/comfortable-
Cash exits stock funds for 9th month in row, bonds gain again

...cash each month since Sep tem ber 2011, and last month's bond fund intake was $23 billion.Avi Nachmany, a research director with New York-based Strategic Insight, said deficit talks between Congress and Pres i dent Obama might have contributed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-13/cash-exits-stock-funds-9th
Savannah River to be focus of $3 million National Science Foundation grant

...The grant will help Clemson and a host of partners ? including Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy and its research director, Oscar Flite ? design and deploy a basinwide network of computerized sensors that will monitor water quality from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-10-23/savannah-river-be-focus-3-mi
Trim down in 2012

...9 billion industry in 2010. For 2011, Marketdata Enterprises is estimating 2 percent growth for the industry, research director John LaRosa said.That includes spending on diet soft drinks, artificial sweeteners, health clubs, commercial...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/2011-12-31/trim-down-2012
Savannah River pollution rules challenge wastewater generators

...Savannah River."The regulators say sewage in Augusta contributes to low dissolved oxygen in Savannah Harbor," said research director Oscar Flite of the Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy, which is sharing its water quality data with government...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-11-28/savannah-river-pollution-rul
Study group OKs sales tax changes

...tax that would have more of a regressive impact than groceries and utilities," Gardner said.John Ruoff, the research director for South Carolina Fair Share, said he was particularly concerned about the proposal to impose sales taxes on prescription...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2010-07-21/study-group-oks-sales-tax-
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Banks raising charges to offset overhaul effects

...financial overhaul."The easy time of generating revenue will be restricted with regulations," said Alois Pirker, research director at Aite Group.Yet banks are already moving to recoup any losses. One approach: making traditionally free services...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2010-07-16/banks-raising-charges-offs
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Phinizy research could uncover rare species

...Reptiles and amphibians are often used as the canaries in the coal mine," said Oscar Flite, the academy's research director. "They live in aquatic environments, and they're usually the first to know if something is wrong."The herpetological...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-03-29/phinizy-research-could-uncove
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Arctic global warming allows cable construction

...is not without hurdles -- namely the estimated construction price of $1.2 billion, said Alan Mauldin, the research director at TeleGeography Research, a Washington, D.C.-based telecommunications market research company. By comparison...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/22/bus_564179.shtml
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Put gift cards to good use

...what's lost to fees, according to TowerGroup. That's down from a high of 10 percent in 2007, said Brian Riley, research director at the financial-services consulting firm. It's easy to waste those pieces of plastic. You might forget about...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/12/24/bus_560701.shtml
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