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- Pension funds: Underfunding improves for S&P 500 firms.(News)
- Byline: Vineeta Anand WASHINGTON - Fueled by a recovery in the stock market, the 362 companies in the S&P 500 index that have pension plans ended 2004 with a collective $161.9 billion shortfall in their pension funds, a slight improvement from Byline: Vineeta...
- Research articles 2005-05-02
- Companies report recent pension fund contributions.(News)
- Several companies recently reported making contributions to their pension funds. H.J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, contributed $202 million to its $1.5 billion pension plan for fiscal 2004, which ended April 28; the company contributed $224 million in f Several companies recently reported making contributions...
- Research articles 2004-06-28
- FAS 87 under attack; Call for pension accounting reform gets louder amid corporate scandals.(Financial Accounting Standards Board, pension funds)
- WASHINGTON - When Congress passed sweeping accounting legislation last month to restore investor confidence in the stock market, lawmakers might have missed an opportunity to fix what some experts say is another problem lurking on many corporate fina WASHINGTON - When Congress passed sweeping accounting legislation...
- Research articles 2002-08-05
- BOTTOM LINE: Be upfront about pension earnings, SEC tells firms;Annual reports should reveal source of the extra money.(Securities and Exchange Commission)
- WASHINGTON -- Just in time for annual report season, the SEC is reminding companies that it expects them to discuss upfront the extent to which pension fund earnings boost their bottom lines. The Securities and Exchange Commission's directive comes WASHINGTON -- Just in time...
- Research articles 2000-01-24
- Pension prop-up disclosure urged.
- SEC wants investors told profits are goosed The booming stock market, and changes in pension plans, are boosting the earnings of some companies, and the Securities and Exchange Commission wants investors to know about it. Just...
- Research articles 2000-02-07
- FASB may tighten rule for pension fund accounting: Considers striking gains from earnings.
- The Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering revamping how companies report pension fund gains and losses to give investors a clearer earnings picture. The board's review comes at a time of heightened scrutiny of corporate accounti The Financial...
- Research articles 2002-04-29
- $1 BILLION BONANZA: Pension earnings lift bottom lines.
- WASHINGTON -- Some of the nation's largest corporations could produce healthy earnings gains in the coming weeks -- not just from improved operating results, but because of heftier contributions by their pension funds to their bottom lines. Among WASHINGTON -- Some of...
- Research articles 2000-04-17
- Report's aftermath: Public plans at odds over a `messy' issue; Some want to investigate if stocks they own have any ties to terrorism.(News)
- Byline: Joel Chernoff Executives at some public pension funds want to probe whether their money managers are unwittingly buying stocks of companies that aid terrorist nations. Others, however, contend the job of identifying rogue companies is b Byline: Joel Chernoff...
- Research articles 2004-04-05
- At Deadline; UTIMCO oversight raised.(Late News)
- University of Texas System's board of regents unanimously voted on April 29 to increase oversight of the University of Texas Investment Management Co. The motion called on Chancellor Mark Yudof to create and recommend "an effective oversight sys University of Texas System's board of regents unanimously...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- Accounting trick: Companies under fire for incentive pay calculations; Pension computations boost bottom line, so executives reap greater 'performance' pay.(Statistical Data Included)
- WASHINGTON - Verizon Communications Inc.'s pension fund lost $3.1 billion in 2001, but reported $1.85 billion in pension income that boosted the company's pre-tax operating profit to $2.77 billion. Verizon's trick? An accounting rule lets companies WASHINGTON - Verizon Communications Inc.'s pension fund lost...
- Research articles 2002-04-15
- Pension liabilities cause less concern in Europe.(News)
- Byline: SYLVIANE de SAINT-SEINE "Old Europe'' can be slow to reform, but that has advantages when it comes to companies' pension liabilities. Many U.S. employers, notably in the labor-intensive auto industry, are suffering from huge debt re Byline: SYLVIANE de SAINT-SEINE...
- Research articles 2003-05-19
- Footnotes aren't enough: SEC wants firms to flag drops in pension income; Accountants told they should alert investors to significant declines, reveal increased liabilities.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON - As if companies don't already have enough bad news to give investors, the SEC is now asking them to come clean on the extent to which their pension funds are dragging earnings. SEC officials, in informal discussions with members of the WASHINGTON...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- At Deadline; Pfizer sued on holdings.(Late News)
- Pfizer Inc. officials have been sued by participants in the company's employee savings plan, alleging breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, claims the value of Pfizer stock in the company's savings Pfizer Inc. officials have...
- Research articles 2004-12-27
- Legislative forces move to make pensions portable. (transferring pension funds to new jobs) (Engineering in the '90s)
- Legislative forces move to make pensions portable Moving from job to job can cut your retirement funds in half under current law You may have heard a story similar to this one before--maybe from...
- Research articles 1990-01-25
- A pinch on pension funds; Market losses have companies facing gaps of millions in retirement plans.(Cover Story)(northeast Ohio firms see loses)(Cover Story)
- Byline: RYAN CORNELL The topsy-turvy stock market has had Northeast Ohio corporate executives reaching for the antacid the last couple years. Now some of their companies are reaching for the checkbook to pump millions of dollars into underfunded p Byline: RYAN CORNELL ...
- Research articles 2002-10-21
- BOTTOM LINE: Pension funds become profit center.
- WASHINGTON -- Three new studies suggest pension funds might have morphed into profit centers from cost centers at many of the nation's largest companies. Early results of a study by two Federal Reserve Board economists indicate that savvy stock marke WASHINGTON -- Three new studies suggest...
- Research articles 2000-06-26
- What will be left to value?(Editorial)
- Mark-to-market accounting of pension funds' assets, which the FASB and the IASB are considering, could eliminate the remaining support for corporate defined benefit plans. It also could have devastating results for the equity markets that depend o Mark-to-market accounting of pension funds' assets,...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- News Briefs: Companies make contributions to pension funds.(News Briefs)
- Several corporations announced recent contributions to their pension funds. * International Business Machines Corp., White Plains, N.Y., expects to contribute between $430 million and $583 million to its non-U.S. pension plans before the end of th Several corporations announced recent contributions to their...
- Research articles 2005-10-31
- News briefs.(Knoxville City Employees' Pension Fund )(Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund )
- Study: more plans look at governance WASHINGTON - Many multinational companies are scrutinizing global investment policies and risk management strategies related to their retirement plans, according to a new Watson Wyatt Worldwide survey. About 78 Study: more plans look at governance ...
- Research articles 2007-07-09
- Pension funds swing to the dark side; Investment losses create yawning deficits.(News)(focuses on Pfizer Inc., New York Times Co., and other Standard and Poor's 500 companies)
- Byline: heike wipperfurth Ouch! Executives of some of New York's largest corporations, already reeling from falling sales and slipping profits, may have a new worry. Huge losses on the investments held by their vast pension funds could leave those Byline: heike wipperfurth ...
- Research articles 2002-11-04
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