"The ruling opens the door to tens of thousands of age- discrimination claims" Bloomberg News, 9.01.2006 Age-bias lawsuits vs. IBM are reinstated By Karen...
"CEOs earn 400 times the average wage and eventually bail out with golden-fleece parachutes floating up in the stratosphere" Contra Costa Times, Sun, Sep. 03,...
"American employees have not shared in the wealth they've helped to create" New York Times, August 29, 2006 Editorial The Falling Paycheck After huddling with...
"That's like a car dealer taking a $10,000 commission on a $30,000 vehicle." Asbury Park Press, 8/27/06 John F. Wasik: Middlemen may be raiding 401(k) plans...
"I'm blaming Congress for failing to level the playing field and require all companies to do more." Kansas City Star, Aug. 31, 2006 Kiss pension plans bye-bye ...
"We need to take back control of our government and make politicians accountable to working people instead of to corporate special interests." Hartford Courant...
"Something is wrong in the country when CEO pay is floating around in orbit" The Charlotte Observer Labor celebrates; joy exits early At uptown rally, speakers...
IBM Pension Case May Go to Supreme Court Tuesday September 5 NEW YORK (AP) -- Plaintiffs expect to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a high-profile case that...
The Charlotte Observer Get energy priorities straight Duke's massive coal-fired plan would be environmental mistake From Ulla Reeves for the Southern Alliance...
"Utahns stand united against the East Coast dumping its nuclear garbage on the West" Feds reject nuke storage plan By PAUL FOY Associated Press writer SALT...
"This analysis shows that company pension funds will be in worse financial condition, not better, as a result of this legislation" PBGC: New Pension Law Is...
SEC will offer new rules for nominating corporate directors By Jesse Westbrookand Vineeta Anand BLOOMBERG NEWS Friday, Sep. 08 2006 Washington — The...
Los Angeles Times They say a 1993 measure meant to limit salaries may have spurred the use of stock options. By Jonathan Peterson, Times Staff Writer September...
AP Duke Energy's Ruth Shaw Plans to Retire Tuesday September 12, 1:51 pm ET Longtime Duke Energy Executive Ruth G. Shaw Plans to Retire in April 2007 ...
"the plan costs workers millions of dollars" The Charlotte Observer, Sep. 12, 2006 Pension ruling could affect BofA lawsuit A U.S. District Court judge in New...
The Kentucky Post, Thursday, September 14, 2006 Duke rate increase challenged The state attorney general has decided to challenge a request for an annual rate...
"Colorado joins Alabama and Duke Power Company in fighting clean air" Environmental Defense Slams Colorado DENVER, Sept. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Environmental...
The Charlotte Business Journal, September 18, 2006 Duke's Fowler received $3.3M in 2005 Duke Energy Corp.'s top executives had relatively small increases in ...
"They could never investigate themselves. They quashed it all" REVIEW-JOURNAL By Keith Rogers Three years before e-mails revealed that federal geologists ...
"it will be in the South and it will be in the Carolinas." Carolinas likely site for new nuke plant-Duke CEO Wed Sep 20, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 20 (Reuters)...
``They kept telling us, `If you're a good employee, a loyal employee, and you do your job, you're going to get all these benefits' " The Boston Globe,...
Former Enron CEO arrested in Dallas Associated Press HOUSTON - Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was ticketed for public intoxication earlier this month in...
The Charlotte Observer, Mon, Sep. 18, 2006 Count hidden costs of coal Duke ought to seek alternatives, efficiency TODD GLASIER Special to the Observer Duke...
Linking compensation to performance nets Anderson nearly $10 million in 2005 The Charlotte Observer No pay, but plenty of money for Duke exec CHRISTOPHER D....
"We're not interested at any price." Industry pushes Yucca opening LAS VEGAS (AP) -- An industry lobbying group has unveiled a plan in Washington to speed the...
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area - 9:59 AM EDT Thursday Duke Energy seeks N.C. rate increase Duke Energy Corp. is asking the North Carolina...
"Duke Energy of Charlotte, N.C., agreed to a $28 million fine in 2003." Dominion fine: $4.25 million Federal case alleged false reporting in natural-gas...
"Calls to Duke Energy were not immediately returned." Salisbury Post, Wed, Sep 27, 2006 Outage leaves many in the dark By Steve Huffman A large portion of...
"Duke has agreed to more than $100 million in improvements" The Charlotte Observer, Sep. 28, 2006 Quiet Catawba has a chorus of supporters At one time,...
"For years, companies have gotten off easy" Associated Press, Fri, Sep. 29, 2006 Watch new pension rules RACHEL BECK NEW YORK - Now that corporate America's...
