http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2938861 ... John Martin is frustrated. Really frustrated. His 74-year-old father, Edmund, has early signs of...
IBM's cash-balance move could start trend, By Stephanie Armour IBM's (IBM) decision to drop cash-balance plans for new hires could put pressure on other...
Vault Releases New Employee Surveys on IBM NEW YORK, Dec 10, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- New York research firm Vault (web site at Vault.com) has just published...
I'm convinced that part of the reason IBM dumped the CB was because of FASB's new accounting rules coming their way. (see NY Times article, and others, for...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58554-2004Nov17.html ... The changes are meant to be revenue-neutral. To pay for them, the administration is...
http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=2669865 ... Even as Colgate-Palmolive announces job cuts, the consumer products maker has disclosed that many executives...
I heard from a person today who is a new hire, effective 04 January 05. He told me that he was notified that IBM will not offer a pension for new employees...
IBM Reassures Workers After Milestone China Deal http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20041209/tc_washpost/a49474_2004dec8 Thu Dec 9, 7:48 AM ET ...
Pension will be in yen soon. ... From: flatsflyer To: ibmpension@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 7:55 AM Subject: [IBM Pension] Re: China...
Over 40 years of age, left the company voluntarily in 2000 after 19 years with a lump sum, chose CB. Would I qualify for recalculation under subclass 1 or 2 ?...
I've recently posted about being resourced and about being eligible for a pension under the old plan. I also mentioned that I would be taking my pension as a...
Reports: IBM cash balance plan ending, New employees will instead be offered traditional 401(k), effective Jan. 1, newspapers say NEW YORK (Reuters) -...
IBM closes cash-balance pension plan, New workers to be given 401(k) instead, 6% set aside, By Rex Crum, CBS.MarketWatch.com SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- IBM...
I.B.M. Prepares Substitution for Pensions of New Hires By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, NY Times I.B.M., dogged by complaints about changes it made to employee pensions...
Seems you need to register for the Washington Post. Here is their article in Sunday's paper. What a Pension Shift Would Mean to You By Albert B. Crenshaw The...
IBM closing cash balance plan to new hires, by Jerry Geisel ARMONK, N.Y.—IBM Corp. is phasing out its controversial cash balance plan in favor of an enhanced...
IBM to Exclude New Workers From Its Cash-Balance Pension Move to Only 401(k) Plans Follows Legal Questions, Marks Shift in Hiring Tack, By ELLEN E. SCHULTZ,...
Now that IBM has now eliminated its CB and DB plans and has defined contributory medical for new employees, it will become much easier for new prospective...
New IBM Hires Lose DB, Gain Enhanced 401(k) http://www.plansponsor.com/pi_type11/?RECORD_ID=27708 December 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The future of...
Does anyone have data that shows that each of the hardware areas sold off by IBM over time has had a large proportion of employees with long tenures (over 20...
Regarding the termination of the CB plan, go to http://w3-1.ibm.com/hr/us/0412_ym_newHire.html for IBM's announcement. (don't bother going there unless you are...
I lost track of this chat group after I was laid off from IBM in June 2002. I worked at IBM full-time from August 1989 to June 2002 when I was laid off. I was...
Yea....I trust the Govt. to protect my Social Security..... YEA RIGHT ! We can't even have meaningful election debates (not that either party is all that...
It looks like Bush is really going to do it this way.. Why not remove the SS tax ceiling and/or allow SS to diversify investments a little more to increase...
