I received this time-dated material today: 07/30/09 ... A reporter for the Wall Street Journal is doing a deadlined story on wage and benefit cuts. Seems like...
Hi all, I'm a second round choicer giving some thought to bridging to retirement at age 54. I understand I will still get the age 55 bump if I bridge for one...
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090804-711840.html AUGUST 4, 2009, 10:31 A.M. ET Pension Freezes Linked To Long-Term Risk, Not Bad Markets By Lynn Cowan ...
I checked online for my August pension payment and it was not showing to my checking account checked my account on the Fidelity site and it shows the direct...
Has anyone chosen this option and can give me any insight? I was RA'd and left end of February. I'm coming to the end of 6 mos subsidy and need to make new...
Can anyone shed some light on this question? My husband is part of the March 2009 RA, but is elibible to "bridge" two months to 25 years. For purposes of ...
http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/Views_on_News/20623-New_York_s_Bet_Pays_Off.php full text of article is posted to ibmemployeeissues board "Pataki recalled a...
First, no one in any unemployment office is going to understand the term "resource actioned" - it's not even understandable English. That's an IBM euphenism....
I ran my numbers for the lump sum option over several months and it seems like the lump sum itself grows by over 5% per year - pretty good in light of today's...
I received a pension check, initially I thought it was the start of pension payments but the amount did not agree with the pension payment calculation provided...
I've been unsuccessful in reaching the IBM 401k Plus Plan Daily Snapshot website (http://myretirementsavingsplan.com/) for several days now. Does anyone know...
Just caught up on all the posts about Stable Value. I too am planning to roll to IRA and then probably to a Roth in 2010. Where did you decide to set up your...
Subscription required for whole article http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124813343694466841.html ... The nation's wealth gap is widening amid an uproar about...
As I've written before, I'm thinking about starting my ("old plan") pension and it occurred to me to consider how much the lump-sum and monthly annuity grew....
So Far - 2009 Executive Pay Watch A chief executive officer of a Standard & Poor's 500 company was paid, on average, $14.9 million in total compensation in...
http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/10/pension-plans-deficit-markets-bonds-retirement.html Corporate Bonds Pensions Can't Win Peter C. Beller, 07.10.09, 11:00 AM ET ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124744102811929845.html?ru=yahoo#mod=yahoo_hs * THEORY & PRACTICE * JULY 13, 2009 Delayed Retirements Are Boon and Bane for...
Our "friend" Randy MacDonald is quoted in the article: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_28/b4139058355275.htm?link_position=link5 Actually,...
From http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/07/ibm_final_salary_pension_killed/ IBM UK snuffs 'final salary' pensions Bow to the 'Productivity objective' By Cade...
Could anyone tell me the best strategy if you are are now covered under the IBM retiree medical benefits program and become eligible under another company's...
You can do one of a few things - stay with the IBM plan or keep yourself on the IBM plan and then cover all of you on the plan offered by the new employer....
I have been retired for 7 years. I am lucky to be on a good plan from IBM and I foresee IBM remaining a very solvent firm for the rest of my life. The...
so for current, active employees invested in the stable value fund and starting to have doubts planted about the their stablity after reading all the related...
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/07/05/pension0705.html Traditional pensions all but retired Financial crisis forces firms to freeze...
"Plan fiduciaries are currently facing various liquidity issues in connection with pension and 401(k) plans. There are two circumstances, in particular, where...
I'm still not convinced(unlike others) that a rollover is "the thing" to do. More info below. Wonder if anyone has done any homework in regards to our 401k...
I have been told that she can not inherit a 401K. I'm considering rolling my 401K into an IRA using Vanguard Index funds now so my wife would have to make such...
