June 1, 2004 OP-ED COLUMNIST Dooh Nibor Economics By PAUL KRUGMAN ast week The Washington Post got hold of an Office of Management and Budget memo that...
New at-will law to strengthen hand of S.C. firms in firings By JIM DuPLESSIS Staff Writer Starting next month, employers in South Carolina can fire workers and...
LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2004 (CBS) When a forest fire shut down a major transmission line into California, cutting power supplies and raising prices, Enron energy...
Enron Scammers On Tape Audiotapes obtained exclusively by CBS News show Enron traders gloating and plotting to drive up energy prices in California, Vince ...
The Seattle Times The Senate should slap down a sneaky ploy by a South Carolina senator that would give the Department of Energy the right to single- handedly...
Workforce Management, June 2004, pp. 81-82 By Michelle V. Rafter In the wake of a court ruling and a lack of legislation, companies are bypassing cash-balance...
6/2/2004: Actuaries Under Scrutiny 0n Pension Fund Pacts (New York Times; one-time registration required) Excerpt: "The Department of Justice has asked several...
New York Times Published: June 3, 2004 The Senate may consider today whether to allow the Energy Department to reclassify certain nuclear wastes at a weapons...
It's do or die for drug bill Senators claim 60 votes for legislation allowing reimportation from Canada By Geoff Earle A bipartisan group of lawmakers claims...
Plan to entomb waste defeated; other states may have to settle WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Thursday agreed to ease cleanup requirements for tanks holding...
Age discrimination a looming issue; hard to prove Associated Press June 2004 CHICAGO -- The youngest baby boomers turn 40 this year, leaving an entire...
By NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON, Associated Press Writer TOKYO - An all night debate in Japan's legislature erupted in brawling early Saturday as opposition parties...
Nuclear waste issue far from resolved Posted Sunday, June 6, 2004 - 8:48 pm By Raju Chebium GANNETT NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham has won —...
Court: Retiree Pension Benefits Can't Be Cut WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that pension plans under federal law cannot change...
New accounting excludes profitable line of business From the June 4, 2004 print edition of the Charlotte Business Journal David Mildenberg The Public Staff of...
6/7/2004: Text of U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Heinz v. Central
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San Diego Daily Transcript The board of administration of the city's beleaguered pension system Monday gave its final approval to the technical aspects of a ...
2004 Employee Opinion Survey "Do you feel the cash balance pension conversion was fair and ethical?" http://www.dukeemployees.com/duke2.shtml#survey...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jun 09, 2004 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Like many other Duke Energy stockholders, Paul Anderson watched in frustration as the global energy...
Winston-Salem Journal May 27, 2004 By John Hinton A group of 14 Clemmons property owners will try to stop Duke Power Co.'s transmission- line project at a...
NCR Corp. to close out pension plans Brian Womack DBJ Senior Reporter With huge retirement costs on its books, Dayton-based NCR Corp. plans to phase out...
The N.C. Utilities Commission on Wednesday approved a sharply contested plan by Duke Power Co. that's expected to lower its industrial customers' bills by up...
by Soma Biswas Updated 06:04 PM EST, Jun-11-2004 Now that it's reached a deal to slash retiree medical and life insurance benefits, UAL Corp. is likely to eye...
By MATTHEW L. WALD New York Times WASHINGTON, June 11 - The plan to bury nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain may need major revisions, but the Energy Department is...
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER New York Times Three big insurance companies, Aetna, Cigna and MetLife, said yesterday that they had received subpoenas from the New York...
Most Americans Say No to EEOC Benefits Rule Advocates charge age bias, fight for rights of older retirees By Trish Nicholson June 2004 A national survey...
The Guild Reporter One group of wage earners that has proven impervious to economic ups and downs comprises top corporate executives, who last year pumped up...
Controversial pension plan creator serves nine of 60 day sentence Associated Press MILWAUKEE -- The lead architect of a controversial pension plan that would...