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54520
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsAr ticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh15371_2004-08-31_22-11-35_n31277887_newsml ... U.S. mutual fund companies this week...
fhawontcutit
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Sep 1, 2004
1:29 pm
54521
... directors. ... See the article in the previous post....
fhawontcutit
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Sep 1, 2004
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54522
According to this article in Medical News Today.com "Families USA found that about 25 percent of working individuals and their families with an annual income...
over20ibmer
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54523
Thank you for that. I was beginning to think I stumbled into a socialist chat room. I believe all the health cost problems started when the government got...
James Gunnison
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Sep 1, 2004
11:08 pm
54524
Its okay... just let the system keep going. Don't provide some way for families making under 35-40K a year to get affordable health care. Your company or you...
rick914
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Sep 1, 2004
11:40 pm
54525
... more ... can ... Is this a trend? If so, there may be fewer and fewer ER's. http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=2204421...
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54526
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/ 20040901/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_job_outsourcing&cid=694&ncid=2043 ... In the past year, employers have eliminated...
fhawontcutit
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Sep 2, 2004
12:24 am
54527
The cold, hard fact is if you take this situation to its logical conclusion via a system like Canada or UK, people will die because of non-available...
over20ibmer
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Sep 2, 2004
8:44 pm
54528
CNN has stated that President Bush will say tonight in his acceptance speech that "current pensions systems are obsolete" along with medical care, prescription...
ibmaccountant
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Sep 2, 2004
11:16 pm
54529
... acceptance ... go ... "modernizes" ... Sad. Employees will still vote for him even after his attempts to legalize cash balance plans. Watch for attacks...
watch_your_pension
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4:04 am
54531
From Bush's acceptance speech tonight... 'Many of our most fundamental systems the tax code, health coverage, pension plans, worker training were created for...
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54532
Try this url in place of the 122 character URL. http://tinyurl.com/4ue9b courtesy of http://tinyurl.com/ Carl...
clackey
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Sep 3, 2004
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... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5888180/ The Plutocrats dream is the middle class nightmare for as we all are finding out if capitalism is unmoderated by gov....
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/ctman1452 wrote The Plutocrats dream is the middle class nightmare for as we all are finding out if capitalism is unmoderated by gov. there are only two ...
Ian Andrew
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Sep 3, 2004
8:10 pm
54535
This is still advertised as an employee benefit. The maximum term is 5 years. Does IBM allow employees within 5 years of (unreduced) retirement elgibility to...
corporatefool
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Sep 4, 2004
9:50 pm
54536
If I read that right, it means you can beginning drawing your pension when you would have worked 30 years, or age 55. The benefit amount will be computed...
Carl Lackey:)
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Sep 4, 2004
11:15 pm
54537
The situation I was thinking of was for example: You are (say) 51 years old with 23yrs service. If you leave the company under those circumstances all you are ...
corporatefool
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Sep 5, 2004
1:13 pm
54538
... period ... for ... to ... I think it depends on the plan that you are on, and how much service credit resides in that formula. The cash balance doesn't use...
justa_bean_counter
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54539
... wrote: I am not sure how this LOA can be used. However, I imagine the TRICK is to get management to agree to it. ... years > of (unreduced) retirement...
ignatz713
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54540
... <no_reply@y...> wrote ... BTW, regarding the cash balance, it isn't a retirement plan at all. There is no retirement milestone in age or service. Your...
justa_bean_counter
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Sep 5, 2004
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54543
On the site where you figure your retirement just put in a date of next month for your leaving the company and then put in the month after you turn 55 and it...
rick914
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Sep 6, 2004
6:34 am
54544
... families ... Is it? There is no link to the article, so it's hard to say. Did the article specify WHY these people were uninsured? Do they work for small...
fhawontcutit
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Sep 6, 2004
4:06 pm
54545
... not > fully researched. ... period > that you are on a retirement bridge LOA (five year maximum) only for > determining retirement eligibility and early...
ignatz713
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Sep 6, 2004
4:21 pm
54546
... WSJ editorial on 27 August: Health and Poverty gives pointers to US Census data on "uninsured" and an analysis of the 45 million "uninsured" They conclude...
justice4ibmers
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Sep 6, 2004
4:25 pm
54547
I assume in common sense you mean those that could possibly afford insurance and dont. Have you priced a plan not sponsored by an employer? Making 1600 a month...
rick914
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Sep 6, 2004
4:55 pm
54548
... be ... Yes, Rick. I think that's in the ballpark. $1,000 a month,easily. And that assumes you don't have a pre-existing condition. People don't...
fhawontcutit
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Sep 6, 2004
5:05 pm
54549
... uid=%7BC9551E0C-B7CA- ... Translation: You will get a health savings account and you can kiss your traditional pension good-bye. BOHICA....
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54550
... Yes indeed. According to this article in the NY Times, workers in the future can expect to change jobs 11 times in their careers. With 5 years per job...
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11:29 pm
54551
"Common sense"was the WSJ's statement. I really wish that contributors to this forum would STOP making assumptions about posters motives. I only provided a...
justice4ibmers
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11:44 pm
54552
... s.html?pagewanted=1&hp Hey, not a problem, mad. 11x5 = 55 years. Start working at age 21. Work until age 76. <sarcasm off>...
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