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<title>Helping Financial Professionals Evaluate Retirement Income Strategies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[February 8, 2012 &ndash; (Des Moines, Iowa) – New analysis from The Principal compares a bucket strategy with a systematic withdrawal strategy. Financial professionals who are prepared to help retiring clients develop a strategy for turning savings into a lifetime income stand to tap into a huge market opportunity. Eighty percent of pre-retirees don’t have a written retirement plan, but 50 percent say they plan to work with a financial professional to develop one. To help financial professionals determine which approach is right for each retiree, the Principal Financial Group® is unveiling a new analysis of two common retirement income strategies. ]]></description>
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<title>Principal Financial Group, Inc. Announces Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2011 Results</title>
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<description><![CDATA[February 2, 2012 &ndash; (Des Moines, Iowa) &ndash; The Principal Financial Group® (NYSE: PFG) today announced results for full-year and fourth quarter 2011.  The company reported operating earnings of $878.1 million for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2011, compared to $844.8 million for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2010.  Operating earnings per diluted share (EPS) were $2.76 for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2011, compared to $2.62 for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2010.  The company reported net income available to common stockholders of $682.0 million, or $2.15 per diluted share for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2011, compared to $666.3 million, or $2.06 per diluted share for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2010. Operating revenues for the year 2011 were $8,325.1 million compared to $8,041.9 million for the same period last year.  ]]></description>
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<title>The Principal Financial Group Names Luca Maestri to Board of Directors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[February 1, 2012 &ndash; (Des Moines, Iowa) &ndash; The Principal Financial Group® (NYSE: PFG) announced that Luca Maestri, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Xerox Corporation, joined The Principal® Board of Directors effective Feb. 1, 2012. ]]></description>
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<title>New Guide Reveals Winning Strategies of The Principal 10 Best Companies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[February 1, 2012 &ndash; (Des Moines, Iowa) – Cookie-cutter employee benefits are a thing of the past. Today’s successful companies focus on tailoring benefits for the unique needs of their employees. That approach—and other successful employee benefits strategies-are highlighted in “Making it Personal,” a new, free guide from the Principal Financial Group®. ]]></description>
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