The Wall Street Journal Posted January 02, 2004 Pine trees in a pension plan? In the past decade, many employers have quietly taken on more risk in pension...
Pension change sent her on a workers' rights mission Associated Press ROCHESTER, Minn. - When IBM Corp. changed her pension plan, Janet Krueger walked away...
Ex-pension official sentenced Convicted identity thief whose hiring sparked inquiry into retirement fund scandals gets 10 years in prison. By Michele McNeil...
Posted on Fri, Jan. 02, 2004 Some pension plans in flux BY DAVE BEAL Pioneer Press Marry a traditional "defined-benefit" pension plan with a 401(k) plan and...
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, fired off a harshly critical letter to OSHA Administrator John Henshaw in which he called for a top-down review of the agency...
Republicans Against Cash Balance Pensions Employee Advocate – www.DukeEmployees.com – January 5, 2004 For a number of years, it seemed that only Democrats...
Rick Priory Era Closes http://dukeemployees.com/duke1.shtml#closes "That made him the highest paid CEO of the nation's eight largest public utilities" ...
Nuclear Waste Legal Battle Employee Advocate – www.DukeEmployees.com – January 6, 2004 Marcia Coyle reported in The National Law Journal on the sorry state...
January 6, 2004 3 Top Enforcement Officials Say They Will Leave E.P.A. By JENNIFER 8. LEE WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 — Three top enforcement officials at the ...
1/6/2004 6:07:00 PM NEW YORK, Jan 06, 2004 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Duke Energy Corp. likely will reduce its dividend and may announce the move as soon as ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0401070359jan07,1,591807.story?coll=chi-business-hed Overtime avoidance advice Just options, says Labor Department ...
January 6, 2004 Despite New Law, the Fight Over Medicare Continues By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 — The fight over Medicare is picking up exactly where it...
Jan 6, 10:00 PM EST Democrats Slam Bush on OT Rule Changes By LEIGH STROPE AP Labor Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopefuls criticized the ...
Charlotte Business Journal Duke Energy Corp. will continue paying its annual dividend of $1.10 per share while cutting debt by $3.5 billion to $4 billion this ...
Posted on Thu, Jan. 08, 2004 Uptown relieved to hear Duke plan Major employer isn't pulling up `big anchor' of jobs and leadership DOUG SMITH Duke Energy Corp....
U.S. Drug Subsidy Benefits Employers By ELLEN E. SCHULTZ and THEO FRANCIS Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Some companies with many retired workers...
Employee Advocate – www.DukeEmployees.com – January 9, 2004 Duke Energy Chairman and CEO Paul Anderson conducted his first conference call with analysts on...
Dear Working Families e-Activist: You've done so much to stop the Bush administration's attack on overtime pay. Now an article by The Associated Press reveals...
January 9, 2004 OP-ED COLUMNIST Enron and the System By PAUL KRUGMAN wo years after Enron, then one of America's most admired companies, was revealed as a...
Vectren strike closes Shelbyville office Thursday, January 08, 2004 (excerpts) Relations between Vectren and some of its workers have become as frosty as a...
Early-Retirement Offers That Work Too Well Verizon had a great idea to save money: Offer early retirement. It's retirement package was generous. In fact, it...
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_03/b3866095_mz070.htm> JANUARY 19, 2004 PERSONAL BUSINESS The Hidden Bite Of Retiree Health At many companies,...
"Workers and retirees had lost promised benefits" By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of the federal agency that insures U.S. pensions...
Some Stocks May Get Hit By Cos' Pension Costs - Study By ARDEN DALE Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -- A number of companies may be poised for blows to their ...
Optimistic projections for Southeast drew heavy competition STAN CHOE (excerpts) When Duke Energy Corp. announced three years ago it was building a new power...
Sunday January 11, 2:58 pm ET By Caroline Humer NEW YORK, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Sandy Anderson is a retired 61-year-old IBM "lifer" who jokes about revering the...