... John Joyce was quoted as saying, "Our free cash flow and our balance sheet are strong enough for us to fully fund the U.S. pension plan." Well, so what?...
... balance ... plan." ... cash ... take ... === I think you ill find the main reason is to fund it to the 150% maximum allowed [ depending on how you pencil...
If you go to the Forbes Website, you can see the Richest 400 and it starts at a Net worth of $500 million. The site allows you to go back to as far as 1996....
... A great example of BS PR... IBM milked a lot a positives in the pension business when they announced they were going to contribute, now they're back at the...
... cash ... take ... They had the option of spreading the contribution out over the next 5 years -- many theories were advanced as to why they want to do it ...
Fast Company Are All Consultants Corrupt? That's one possible conclusion in the wake of the Enron scandal. According to David Maister, who's been studying...
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Wasn't Gertsner a consultant/director of Mckinsey Co? Do you think Gertsner advised Enron on their strategy? Do you think Gertsner brought McKinsey strategy to...
... <rcd_1992@y...> wrote: Confused about Whipsaw? Assume you are stuck with a Cash Balance Pension Plan and are ready to retire and you are 55 years old....
... It used to be that laws required at least 50% vesting at five years and full vesting by ten but that has since changed to full vesting at 5 years. (Sorry,...
... invented ... of ... by ... of ... passListId=54&passYear=2002&passListType=Person&uniqueId=BU2K&datatype ... Why did Lou get such a large portion of the...
... workforce' ... late. "...my plan vested after 10 years..." You are not up-to-date on your ERISA law! Under ERISA, defined benefit plans vest after 5 years,...
It's interesting to compare the clout of physicans to programmers and engineers in this country. When surgeons in W. Virginia are unhappy with their...
... I went there and did a search on a white paper they advertised called 'Getting the Job Done - ERIC White Paper Details Plan For Dealing With Emerging...
If you would like to read what ERIC (not our friend) is all about, please go to: http://www.eric.org/pensionprop.htm Topics include: - Remove the restrictions...
... Here is O'Connell's US House testimony representing ERIC (not our friend) March 1999 - http://www.eric.org/testimony/dano.htm And an excerpt: 'This...
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Thats the ' american benefits council " -- cousins of ERIC-- not our friends === http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/issues/retirement/talkin gpoints.htm ==...
... Slave, I think you are correct. Go to http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-12-29-health-care-usat_x.htm A lot of companies can't even provide health...
http://www.techsunite.org/news/techind/h1breforms.cfm Proposed Changes for H-1B Labor Certification Program 1. Labor Market Conditions Current Problem: The...
http://www.cfo.com/Article?article=8517 Excerpt: "After years of getting a bottom-line boost from pension gains, companies are now experiencing pension losses,...
I am a current employee considering retirement after 30+ years. My income last year was down about 5K from previous years and is projected to remain down in...
... rule? That's a very good question to be thinking about! The best way to answer it is to work through the numbers... Using Money@Work, you can ask for...
... years. My ... projected to ... Will I ... averaging ... pension using ... download a ... work, as ... === you might check your summary plan description...
... income last year was down about 5K from previous years and is projected to remain down in the near future. Will this lower my pension? Will I retire with...