http://www.pjstar.com/stories/041005/TRI_B63DN63L.045.shtml ... Retired Caterpillar workers met Saturday to talk about pursuing a lawsuit against their former...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/c hi-0504100010apr10,1,1808475.story ... Suburban Chicago is confronting an escalating health-care crisis as ...
Curious...Is it true that "cards and letters" resulted in degradation of IBM's rating? If so, makes me wonder about the objectivity of the magazine...and the...
... degradation ... the ... why ... The 'cards and letters' told them which rug to look under for the dirt. They do their own research after that. Regarding...
Falling Fortunes of the Wage Earner By STEVEN GREENHOUSE eginning in the mid-1990's, pay increases for most workers slowly but steadily outpaced the rate of...
QUOTE: "Pay increases are not rebounding, even though the factors normally associated with higher pay have rebounded," said Peter LeBlanc of Sibson Consulting,...
Today's New York Times contains a great Retirement section, which includes an article called "Pensions: Big Holes In the Net" written by Mary Williams Walsh....
You're correct in your assumptions. Although the number of jobs is up, salary levels are being held down because of a changing mix in the labor market....
Great information Janet, thanks for posting this. I will print it out before the Times puts the articles in the pay-for archive. ... Board. ... governmental...
I would not say historical trends are no longer valid predictors ... you have to go back further in time in US history to see similarities to the vast income...
Yes, you are so right. My forecast for today's middle class wage earners is that they are being returned to the historic levels of approximately pre-union,...
...or to the French Revolution. Hmmm, now where did I put those guillotine blueprints?Regards,Ed Hayden--- On Wed 04/13, mrs_adm < no_reply@yahoogroups.com...
Very interesting point mrs adm. Ted mrs_adm <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: I would not say historical trends are no longer valid predictors ... you have to...
Thoughts while sitting, reading the IBM Annual report leaves me wondering how the numbers on Page 82 entitled "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" were...
Very simple. From an accounting point of view, they may be draining the pension to pay HR (Fidelity) in return for lower charges to their operating expenses...
For those of you who actively manage their own 401K, be certain which charts you use are acurate. After today's 125 point drop in the DJIA index I noticed that...
http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?symbol s=NYSE:IBM&story=200504142129_APO_V8489 ... International Business Machines Corp., the world's top provider...
... Yep. Too many sharks. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46486-2005Apr12.html ... Fifteen current and former traders at the New York Stock...
... Increased pension costs? Gee the way their lawyers keep delaying the notices for people falling under the subclasses 2 and 3, they should never have to...
...are worth reading (at least the serious posters among the mongrel). http://messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=topics&board=4686902&sid=4686902&type=r C....
None of us here should be surprised at "pension". That word will show up in ever report from now to eternity and will be the blame for "performance" failures....
When they were making $1 Billion a year of earnings off the pension fund, you didn't hear a peep out of them about "pension profits". Now, when they claim...
... already for this year. What's the problem? A failed BCS strategy? The ... Wise Call ibmaccountant....... After reading and listening to the disappointing...
Hmmm. The timing is interesting, given they just recently decided to expense options. It's probably all a trick to make another quarter look good. To make ...
Always follow your senses. They don't lie. First announce early and claim there was a leak(that you leaked). Then watch the price of the stock tank. Next issue...
