http://businessfinancemag.com/blogpost/no-pension-funding-relief-now-1201 Published on Business Finance (http://businessfinancemag.com) No Pension Funding...
This may have been asked already but I didn't see anything yet. Who is IBM using now for express package shipping? And, is it going to be available to IBM...
Much to my surprise, I just got a paper pension advice slip in the mail, which I hadn't seen since IBM did away with them quite awhile ago, expecting us...
... According to a friend who still works for IBM, the new carrier (unnamed on the web site at this time) will not offer a similar discount program for current...
UPS replaced DHL, according to the site there is no employee discount and we are supposed to begin using something called UPS Campus Ship. I see no mention of...
Anyone heard anything more about the pay increase for some retirees or has that gone by the wayside with the market drop. Haven't seen or heard anything more...
The benefit adjustment is the money from the court case payout. ... From: Penny Brewster <pjh0946@...> Subject: [IBM Pension] ?Pension increase? To:...
... is ... I heard from a current employee and it is true; UPS is now the current provider of express shipping but there is no employee discount provided under...
You can go to FedEX. They have a place that says DHL customer. I think you get a 20% discount and then 10% for life. ... Who ... be ... will ... US ... this...
... Come to think of it, IBM can't use the Cooper settlement as a source of increased pension that is going to the lowly employees, and then raise the...
Penny, As previously stated by Phil, the Benefit Adjustment is money from the court case payout. Specifically, it is your share of the settlement agreement...
... Most likely they are still seeking an aborigine with no schooling to work out the calculations for them. They still have two months left of the three to...
If you are over 80 and still drawing a pension - you obviously are NOT a real IBM team player. Its people like you that detract from the pension funding...
... NOT a real IBM team player. Its people like you that detract from the pension funding surplus to be used in the bottom line and to spruce up the executive...
Like retired in 89, I also retired June 1, 1989. I don't remember but 1 increase since then, although I have heard some speak of 2 increases. Have gone for 19+...
... some speak of 2 increases. ... I can complain or not, but it would be nice to be remembered by IBM every once in awhile. ... They remember me every year...
I was talking about a Good memory, not the bad stuff. We get enough of that. There are three things we can count on: 1) Death 2) Taxes 3) IBM increasing our...
If I have this down, every year in the October/November timeframe IBM updates the pension lump sum payout calculations using the new interest rate(s). Has...
It's the lump sum amount only which changes -- not the amount one gets (or would get) in the annuity, right? I haven't paid much attention over the past five...
Excerpt: "Pension funds at Pfizer Inc., International Business Machines Corp., United Parcel Service Inc. and dozens of other companies have joined the parade...
Hmmmmm "The law currently states he has to put cash into our trust fund, if the oil level on the dip-stick is low." +++ What does Sams oil level have to do...
http://tinyurl.com/6myfhq Unretired: Retirees are Back, Looking for Work They saved. They planned. Then housing tanked and the markets melted. Now they need...
HA, that's funny... I meant to say, if the downturn in the economy has reduced our trust fund below acceptable levels, then IBM HAS TO put cash into our trust ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122826822305174269.html ... A major insurer has dumped a chunk of its long-term-care policies into an independent trust,...
I thought your first explanation was simpler. The dipstick gets down to the mark of "Add a Quart(er $ billion)." ... trust ... trust ... law ... to ... of ... ...
Bean, your observations are right. But, it's an interesting combination of actions open to IBM, - underway and possible, - that intrigues me. IBM can 'stretch...
... C. I have not run the numbers, but I believe that interest rate number is aso used to take the lump sum and convert it to the annuity amount. It is a...