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Do Women Face Greater
         Retirement Challenges Than Men?

         If so, how can they plan to meet those challenges?
              A message from Belco Retirement & Investment Services

  A new study has raised eyebrows about the retirement prospects of women.*U
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  Why are women so challenged to retire comfortably? You can cite a number of
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                              eventually outliving retirement savings,
                                   There is also the gender wage gap, narrowing, but still
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