Ira

We've pretty much seen it all this past year— a bear market, a long rally and even a period of neither-up-nor-down. Read More

Probably like you, I no longer know what is going on in the Northern Executive, or what is the state of play between the Shinners and the Dupers. Read More

Dissident republicans are planning to use honey traps this Christmas in a bid to lure a member of the security forces to his death, it has emerged. Read More

Yep, that's what it looks like it's going to take for gold to resume its uptrend. Read More

Retirement finance experts believe that Congress will reintroduce and pass in 2010 two bills—S. 1141 and H.R. 2167—that would require small- and medium-sized businesses to automatically enroll their employees into an IRA. Read More

Owners of traditional IRAs are required after 70-1?2 to make withdrawals each year. Read More

Once the Jews captured and rededicated the temple the Maccabees decided that Sukkot, the Jewish harvest festival, should be celebrated right away since they were unable to do so at its proper time. Read More

Northern Ireland is largely at peace these days, with the IRA inactive and the major loyalist groups only a shadow of their former violent selves. Read More

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Dublin man's bid to have his appeal against his conviction for IRA membership heard by the Supreme Court. Read More

I applaud your instinct to organize your far-flung retirement accounts, but I do have some misgivings about one aspect of your approach. Read More