Dear Rusty: My wife and I were both born in 1953. My wife will reach her full retirement age in March and I will reach mine in June this year. My wife’s benefit will be roughly $2,200 per month and mine will be about $2,700 per month if we were to file for payments. An option I have consider…

Dear Rusty: I have applied for and been approved to start collecting my Social Security this month at age 66. My wife will turn 62 in March and is planning to apply for benefits then. In a group meeting with a financial advisor, he mentioned a spousal benefit of $500 per month in addition to…

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POTTSVILLE — Dunham’s Sports will open a 43,000-square-foot store at Fairlane Village Mall in December.

Dear Rusty: We have a 100 percent disabled son from birth. He is now 35 years old and receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI). My wife and I plan to retire in the next two years and start drawing our Social Security benefits; my wife intends to apply in January 2020, and I will apply la…

Dear Rusty: My girlfriend of nine years will be 66 on June 4 next year. It was her plan to begin taking half of her ex-husband’s Social Security at that time allowing hers to grow until she reached 70, at which time her benefit would slightly exceed half of her ex’s.

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Dear Rusty: Should I take Social Security at 65? My date of birth is August 1953, and I just signed up for both Social Security and Medicare. My plan was to start Medicare and Social Security at age 65, but now I’m unsure if I’m doing the right thing. My earnings so far this year are about $…

The company that brought you milk chocolate, Maggi instant noodles and Rocky Road ice cream is worried about your health.

Dear Rusty: I am 63½ and working full time with a salary of $125,000 per year. Given the early collection rules, I believe it would not make any sense to start collecting Social Security now, but tell me if I am wrong. Also, when I reach full retirement age (born in 1955) I plan/hope to stil…

BLOOMBERG — U.S. stocks eked out a gain to claim a fresh closing record, while Treasury yields climbed as investors assessed the latest developments from the Trump administration’s trade policies.

Dear Rusty: My husband took an early retirement at age 62, and I will be turning 62 next year. I am having some health issues and I’m thinking about taking an early retirement. Is this a good idea? — Uncertain What To Do

LEWSIBURG — Municipalities and local governments in an 11-county region can receive a technology assessment and action recommendation that includes a free computer from SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG).

Hundreds of kids may be distraught over Build-A-Bear’s failed promise, but investors are pretty happy.

Government debt is on track to hit historically high levels and, at at its current growth rate, will by 2028 be nearly equal in size to the U.S. economy, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.

Netflix, which fired its chief spokesman last week for racially insensitive remarks, is overhauling its human-resources effort to build a workforce that looks more like its global customers: less male, more Latino and more black.

LEWISBURG — SEDA-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG) recently appointed Teri MacBride, of Lewisburg, to the SEDA-COG Natural Gas Cooperative’s board of directors. She will represent SEDA-COG and its 11 member counties to facilitate development of new natural gas projects.

WASHINGTON — Mexico said it would impose import duties on $3 billion worth of U.S. products, including cheese, bourbon, pork and others, making good on its threats that it would retailiate for U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum.

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