The Charlotte Business Journal N.C. mass layoffs soar in April Mass layoffs in North Carolina increased 25% in April, according to the Bureau of Labor...
New York Times Some Big Companies Failed to Add to Pensions in 1990's By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH June 1, 2005 More than half of the nation's biggest companies with...
"The energy bill has become an annual ritual in Washington" The WasteBasket: A Weekly Bulletin on Government Waste Coastal Piracy Volume X Issue 18 - June 3,...
"Bush is suggesting a reduction in future benefits" Gannett News Service Social Security's importance growing By Brian Tumulty WASHINGTON — The risk of...
"taking someone's money without their permission is stealing." TomPaine.com The Disappearing Pension Jonathan Tasini May 31, 2005 Jonathan Tasini is president...
Imagine a workforce that's wholly committed to a set of values that constrains their behavior, but leaves executives free to do as they please. Core Values,...
1st commercial plant to make electricity from weapons plutonium The Charlotte Observer Duke Power starts tests of MOX fuel BRUCE HENDERSON Wed, Jun. 08, 2005 ...
Charlotte Business Journal Duke begins mixed-oxide fuel testing Duke Power Co. has started testing a fuel made of surplus weapons- grade plutonium at its...
Associated Press Convicted Exec Says Pension Oversight Lax By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON - The former president of an Oregon investment firm involved in the...
"More regulation and enforcement is needed..." Probe of pension consultants is just scratching the surface By John F. Wasik Sunday, June 12, 2005 Bloomberg...
"I would have to work until 78 to get the same annuity I would have had at age 65…" Pension changes scramble workers' plans Associated Press Sunday, June 12,...
"I call it legalized crime" Human Toll of a Pension Default By Dale Russakoff Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, June 13, 2005; A01 Ellen Saracini lost her...
"Medical bills now cause nearly half of all bankruptcies" NorthJersey.com Crushed by medical bills By LINDY WASHBURN Sunday, June 12, 2005 Second in an...
Deal draws agency's concern that rescue by Ford could hinder its employees' benefits. Visteon bailout raises pension worry By Lisa Zagaroli / Detroit News...
Ohio regulators suspend Cinergy - Duke merger application Tuesday, June 14, 2005 NEW YORK, June 14 (newratings.com) – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio...
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SEC Seeks Enhanced Disclosure Of Pension and Lease Obligations By DIYA GULLAPALLI June 16, 2005; Page C3 The Securities and Exchange...
The New York Times June 11, 2005 Pension-Shortfall Study Finds Winners and Losers By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH If the Bush administration's proposal to shore up the...
Pension System in Need of Major Overhaul By RACHEL BECK, AP Business Writer Fri Jun 17 NEW YORK - It will cost corporate America plenty to shore up the ...
"People aren't buying Bush's proposal to partly privatize Social Security." Will you have enough to retire? With benefits becoming increasingly wobbly,...
The Charlotte Business Journal Energy prices hit N.C. utilities David Mildenberg From the June 20, 2005 print edition Soaring coal and natural gas costs are...
The Daily Mining Gazette Taxpayers underwrite pension woes It took United Airlines' shuffling of enormous pension obligations to the Pension Benefit Guaranty...
Study: More Companies Terminate Pensions By ADAM GELLER AP Business Writer Wed Jun 22, 2005 Big employers sharply accelerated freezes and terminations of ...
The Northwest Herald AMR, workers lobby for pension reform By MARY SCHLANGENSTEIN and JOHN HUGHES Bloomberg News American Airlines would rather see general...
Norfolk settles rates cases w/ Duke, Carolina Power By Carolyn Pritchard SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Norfolk Southern Corp. after Friday's closing bell said...
House rejects United pension default Critics call vote meaningless, but supporters call it a strong rebuke to the nation's No. 2 airline. June 25, 2005 ...
U.S. plans radioactive project The New York Times MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2005 The Bush administration is planning the government's first production of plutonium 238...
CRIMINAL CASES EXPAND AMID POST-ENRON LAW, CRACKDOWN Wrong kind of suit thriving in America DEBORAH SOLOMON AND ANNE MARIE SQUEO Wall Street Journal ...
Charlotte Business Journal Supreme Court rejects energy-crisis appeal The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal by the public utility of...
Duke Energy Increases Regular Quarterly Dividend by 12.7 Percent to 31 Cents Per Share Duke Energy Raises Quarterly Dividend Wednesday June 29, 2005 CHARLOTTE,...
Clemmons resident sought action by utilities panel over transmission line Duke wants tree complaint dismissed By John Hinton CLEMMONS JOURNAL EDITOR Thursday,...