Former State Auditor and Son Form Financial Services Company (dBusinessNews.com)

RALEIGH – Former North Carolina State Auditor Les Merritt is collaborating with his son, Dale, to form Merritt Wealth Strategies. The duo is sharing an office in Raleigh to provide investment, insurance and retirement planning services to residents in the Triangle and eastern Wake County.

RALEIGH – Former North Carolina State Auditor Les Merritt is collaborating with his son, Dale, to form Merritt Wealth Strategies. The duo is sharing an office in Raleigh to provide investment, insurance and retirement planning services to residents in the Triangle and eastern Wake County.

Ten Ways to Wreck Your Retirement (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

DALLAS—-More Americans are in a panic over their retirement planning than at any other time in history because of market uncertainty, and many are making extremely expensive mistakes, according to new study.

DALLAS—-More Americans are in a panic over their retirement planning than at any other time in history because of market uncertainty, and many are making extremely expensive mistakes, according to new study.

"My Retirement Savings Are Gone" (KiplingerForecasts.com)

The solution: Trim expenses and keep socking away cash.

The solution: Trim expenses and keep socking away cash.

The 10 ‘most common and damaging financial decisions’ that will wreck your retirement (Dallas Morning News)

More Americans are in a panic over their retirement planning than at any other time in history because of stock market uncertainty, and many are making expensive mistakes, says the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, a conservative think tank.

More Americans are in a panic over their retirement planning than at any other time in history because of stock market uncertainty, and many are making expensive mistakes, says the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, a conservative think tank.

Holding On: As older workers postpone retirement, some retirees are forced back to work (Winston-Salem Journal)

In these scary economic times, older workers are putting off their retirement and hanging on to a paycheck. Some retirees struggling to make ends meet are scanning help-wanted ads for the first time in years.

In these scary economic times, older workers are putting off their retirement and hanging on to a paycheck. Some retirees struggling to make ends meet are scanning help-wanted ads for the first time in years.

Older workers delaying retirement (MSNBC)

In these scary economic times, older workers are putting off their retirement and hanging on to a paycheck.

In these scary economic times, older workers are putting off their retirement and hanging on to a paycheck.