"That means, if the company offers a 3 percent match, the match would have to rise to 11 percent for the workers to come out even." The Dallas Morning News So...
"One new number expected to cause shock and awe: executive pensions." The Oregonian, Sunday, October 01, 2006 New rules will reveal hidden rewards Disclosure -...
"investors should watch for accounting tricks companies may use to reduce their benefit obligations" SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, Monday, October 2, 2006 ...
"I don't want us to delude ourselves that we are on a level playing field because we are not" Hickory Daily Record, Wednesday, October 4, 2006 Duke Energy in...
Journal and Courier Duke may pay up for violating ordinance By DAN SHAW October 5, 2006 Duke Energy will likely pay a fine to Tippecanoe County for having ...
"Rogers' purported allegiance to clean energy doesn't square with reality" INDY, POSTED ON OCTOBER 4, 2006: Duke Energy pays lip service to efficiency Never...
WXII12.com U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Duke Energy Case POSTED: 9:19 pm EDT October 1, 2006 WASHINGTON -- Among the cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear ...
"it was likely that radiation released during the meltdown caused about 260 cases of cancer" Associated Press Nuke meltdown may have caused cancers By ROBERT...
"opportunities for private investment funds to receive more money from certain types of pension plans" Pension Law to Spur Legal Work Amanda Bronstad The...
"The reduced sentence `was a slap in the face to employees' " Fastow's Shortened Sentence Sparks Surprise, Anger AccountingWEB.com - Oct-5-2006 - A federal...
"North Carolina law doesn't allow utilities to recover up-front investment in power plants that aren't built" The News & Observer, Oct 12, 2006 Duke wants to...
"Duke Energy converted to a cash balance pension plan for its workers in 1997" Relief for Big Blue's legal headache over pension plans Triangle Business...
"Its executive suite at corporate headquarters is known as the `God Pod.' " The Hightower Report By Jim Hightower THE UNGODLY PENSIONS OF CEOs Corporate...
"must pay at least $78.5 million for violating Pennsylvania labor laws" Wal-Mart to pay workers $78M-plus MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA -...
"...Wal-Mart made workers skip more than 33 million rest breaks..." Wal-Mart loses suit on missed breaks 2 ex-workers say they, others were forced to give up...
"We recommend total abandonment of restructuring" New York Times, October 15, 2006 Competitive Era Fails to Shrink Electric Bills By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON A...
"Congress has made mandatory retirement illegal" Retire for 30 years? Get real Many baby boomers will need to stay in the work force as long as possible. By...
"He was "too old" for the above-minimum wage workforce and too young for Social Security" The Huffington Post, 10.16.2006 Barbara Ehrenreich Pension or...
Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog Thursday, October 19, 2006 Put Open Interest Jumps for Duke Energy A put/call open interest ratio is simply the ratio of total...
"And the N.C. Attorney General's Office says Duke's request is unsupported by the facts and contrary to state law." State opposes Duke on recovering nuclear...
"Such a ruling would seem to create an open-ended, pre-approved nuclear development expense account" The News & Observer, 10/19/06 Agencies: Say no to Duke...
"Duke Power applied in June for state approval to build two coal plants about 60 miles west of Charlotte." Coal power could turn back clock on climate Some...
"electricity customers, who were supposed to be the biggest beneficiaries of the new system, have not fared so well" New York Times, October 23, 2006 In...
" `Mr. Skilling has cheated me and my daughter of our retirement dreams'…he should be denied `the chance to walk the earth as a free man.' " New York Times,...
Charlotte.com Duke shareholders question plants CHRISTOPHER D. KIRKPATRICK Duke Energy Corp. executives predicted a rosy financial future, but questions arose...
"DOE's estimated cost of $136 million does not include the cost for treating, repackaging and certifying" Audit: Cleanup Cost May Double By Annette Cary,...
"It's going to mean lump sums are smaller for everybody" Wall Street Journal Pension Law Shrinks Lump-Sum Payouts Changes in Defined-Benefit Plans Affect Many...
"Plutonium versus carbon---which would you rather have as your problem?" Science Daily, October 24, 2006 Plutonium Or Greenhouse Gases? Weighing The Energy...