Pension Funds Move From Red Ink to Black By DIMITRA DEFOTIS FOR THE LAST two years, investors have feared that corporate pension obligations will gouge some...
Rick Priory received a severance package worth $4.83 million when he retired Nov. 1 as chairman and chief executive of Duke Energy Corp., according to the...
April 1, 2004 Proving Age Discrimination The Age Discrimination in Employment Act was intended to protect older workers from bias. Federal courts, however,...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - The jobless tin miner spent years fruitlessly seeking a pension. He ended his struggle in the halls of Bolivia's congress, blowing...
Multi million $ bonus for ex ceo by: wftglo (61/M/Gloucester, MA) 04/01/04 04:42 pm Msg: 35031 of 35060 Read the news...our company looses it's shirt and the...
Italians protest pension reduction plan ROME, April 3 (UPI) -- Elderly Italians filled Rome's streets Saturday, protesting what they say is an inadequate...
April 4, 2004 Altering of Worker Time Cards Spurs Growing Number of Suits By STEVEN GREENHOUSE As a former member of the Air Force military police, as a ...
April 4, 2004 Two Pay Packages, Two Different Galaxies By GRETCHEN MORGENSON RUNAWAY executive pay generates more shareholder rage than any other corporate...
washingtonpost.com Misplaced Energy Monday, April 5, 2004; Page A16 THE BUSH administration's struggle to keep secret the workings of Vice President Cheney's...
The New York Times By BOB HERBERT Published: April 5, 2004 It's like running on a treadmill that keeps increasing its speed. You have to go faster and faster...
Retirement looks less golden for many Employer-sponsored health benefits for retirees could go the way of house calls and dial phones thanks to increasing...
Eric Durr The Business Review The management of Safeway is running the grocery store chain into the ground and needs to change, New York state Comptroller Alan...
Fixes for Social Security By now, practically every American must have heard that the Social Security system is in trouble. Its trustees warned recently that...
Shaving time is shameful practice that must be stopped The Charlotte Observer, 4/7/04 It's called shaving time, but it ought to be called what it is -- ...
Priory's Severance Hinged on Timing The Charlotte Observer – by Stan Choe – April 8, 2004 Duke Energy says it dictated when former CEO should leave ...
A unit of Houston-based Reliant Resources Inc. and four of its officers have been indicted on six counts of manipulating the California energy markets,...
Senate passes pensions relief bill WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate sent to the president Thursday legislation that could save employer sponsors of pension plans...
The National Law Journal 04-09-2004 Asbestos-related suits by automobile brake mechanics are surging -- from 25,000 against Ford Motor Co. in February 2003, to...
L. A. Times, March 27, 2004 Corporations moan loudly about the increasing financial burden they are being saddled with as costs for retiree medical plans soar....
Blow of Boot Always Softer for Bigwigs The Charlotte Observer – by Tommy Tomlinson – April 10, 2004 (4/9/04) - It looks like Rick Priory had two options. ...
Oppose S.2290 the Asbestos Bailout Bill Take Action! Tell the Senate and the Bush Administration to Protect Asbestos Workers, Not Corporations! Sign the...
Asbestos Myths & Facts In the debate over the Hatch Bill (S.1125) currently before the U.S. Senate, a number of false allegations have been made about asbestos...
By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON - To unionized machinists, autoworkers and airline pilots, an $80 billion pension relief bill making its way...
More Corporate Welfare Saturday, April 10, 2004; Page A14 ON SOCIAL SECURITY, as almost everybody knows, Congress is averting its eyes from future deficits. On...
NRC fines Duke Energy $60,000 Posted Friday, April 9, 2004 - 6:18 pm By Anna Simon CLEMSON BUREAU Duke Energy has been fined $60,000 by the Nuclear Regulatory ...
Forbes Neil Weinberg, 04.19.04 Belatedly, regulators are digging for dirt in the pension management business. They're going to need a big shovel. The Santa...
Priory's Deal The Charlotte Observer – Editorial – April 12, 2004 Did Duke CEO jump, or was he pushed? Maybe both (4/11/04) - Let's see, now. Jim Martin,...
Number of workers planning to leave their posts when job market opens up is at highest level in four years JULIE FORSTER Knight Ridder Mon, Apr. 12, 2004 ST....