Here are the smartest, and dumbest, things people have done with 401(k) plans

● Funding a retraining sabbatical. Michael Haubrich, CFP and president of the Financial Service Group, cited a middle-aged client who borrowed from her 401(k) plan to pursue a different career path that required retraining. He mapped out a two-year plan with her...

UPS air maintenance workers threaten strike ahead of shareholders meeting

A union representing 1,200 U.S. air maintenance workers at United Parcel Service turned up pressure on the company on Sunday to settle a three-year contract dispute, saying it would seek clearance to strike. The union is taking its grievances directly to UPS...