Canadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested. Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV.
Social Security recipients will get a 1.7% cost-of-living raise starting in January, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday. For the average retired person receiving Social Security, monthly payments would rise $22 to $1,328 from $1,306. The average couple's benefits would rise to $2,176 from $2,140. Average annual payout: $15,936.
If you're coming up on retirement, one of your big questions is how much money you'll get from Social Security. The Social Security Administration knows that's at the top of many minds, and as a result, it reports that the average monthly Social Security payment to retired workers will be $1,360 in 2017.