"Duke Energy Corp. said Tuesday profit slid almost 60 percent" Duke Energy 1st-Quarter Earnings Fall By EMERY P. DALESIO, AP Business Writer Tue May 2, 2:57 PM...
"This site will remain dangerous for 24,000 years." Los Angeles Times An Alert Unlike Any Other A nuclear waste vault in New Mexico will long outlive our...
"Essentially it transfers the risk of building a plant to the ratepayers" Duke Energy wants new way to pay for plants Charlotte Business Journal - April 28,...
"Defined benefit pension plans are the bedrock of retirement security." Democrats Urge Energy Secretary to Change Course on Contractor Pensions 5/5/2006...
"…he received compensation valued at roughly $24.7 million as part of the Duke takeover." Many CEOs receive dividends on 'phantom' stock Thursday, May 04,...
"Paul Anderson to the BHP Billiton board has attracted more acclamation than criticism." Sydney Morning Herald Anderson's an outstanding exception to the...
"an 80 percent increase for customers of Texas's biggest utility" Washington Post Energy Deregulation Comes Home to Roost April 25, 2006 (excerpt) For almost a...
"Duke Energy Corp., inherited the suit when it acquired Cinergy" Ontario jumps into Duke environmental lawsuit Thursday May 11, 11:09 am ET The province of...
AP Duke to Sell Commercial Trading Business Friday May 12, 9:51 am ET Duke Energy to Sell Commercial Marketing and Trading Business Acquired in Cinergy Deal ...
"Blame an increasingly casual attitude towards social responsibilities by a new breed of corporate citizen." Pension agony By JOHN HALL Media General News...
" `strong buy' rating and $33 price target" Forbes Duke Stock Attractive After Divestiture Mary Crane, 05.12.06, 5:40 PM ET U.S. utility Duke Energy announced...
"retirement and good health care should be put on the chopping block" Associated Press Panel Moves to Block DOE Pension Change Thu May 11, 6:09 PM ET A House...
"But my problem is that a promise is a promise." Gannett News Service Pension freezes put workers in a bind By Brian Tumulty Article published May 8, 2006 ...
Economic Policy Institute Bush Administration Forces Companies to Negotiate Worse Benefits by EPI Policy Analyst Monique Morrissey May 5, 2006 | Policy...
"This policy is a direct attack on Americans' retirement security" Energy Dept stands by pension cost-cutting By Susan Cornwell | May 8, 2006 WASHINGTON...
"There has been an increase in small-business defined-benefit plans" The Wall Street Journal A Rapid Buildup Traditional pension plans are disappearing. So,...
"tax rates have nowhere to go but up." New York Times The Republican Agenda for 2006: Tax Increases for Everyone Else Editorial May 11, 2006 One way or the...
"Workers claimed they lost millions of dollars in retirement savings" Bloomberg News Krispy Kreme OKs settlement Doughnut maker reaches tentative deal in...
"The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a lawsuit against Duke Energy" Bloomberg News High court accepts Duke pollution case Issue: Should plants adding hours...
"Marsh estimates that his pension is less than half what it would have been" Los Angeles Times Many Forced to Retire Early By Jonathan Peterson May 15, 2006 ...
"The report cites a 19-year-old U.S. citizen caught three times in a two-week period" Lack of prosecutions demoralizing Border Patrol By Elliot Spagat ...
"how payouts from cash-balance retirement plans are calculated could affect millions of Americans" Kiplinger Magazine Shortchanged Friday May 19, 7:54 pm ET By...
"older employees with more years of service could end up worse off" Kiplinger Magazine Pensions' Heavier Load Friday May 19, 7:47 pm ET By MELYNDA DOVEL WILCOX...
"There's a potential boondoggle in the making, and we're not going to put taxpayers on the hook" http://www.islandpacket.com House committee nixes $368M budget...
"Employers will continue to sponsor DB plans because both employers and workers often prefer them" Center for American Progress Future Retirement Income...
"corporate [pension] promises are often not worth the paper they're printed on." Long Island, NY Newsday Ripping off retirement: the big pension swindle By...
"It's taking all my pension just to pay for my health insurance." Charlotte Observer More shades of gray in hiring lines Posted on Fri, May. 19, 2006 TOMMY...
"It's a symbol of corporate excess at the expense of workers" L. A. Times Exec Pay Is Focus of Public Attention By Jonathan Peterson, Times Staff Writer May...