Nearly Half of Defined-Benefit Plans Closed to New ...       April 17, 2009
... percent of companies with defined-benefit plans have closed their plans to new participants, and 3 percent are planning to do so in the next 18 months.
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More Employers Freeze Defined-Benefit Plans       September 10, 2008
... have frozen at least one of their defined-benefit pension plans continues to increase, according to a new survey.
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Survey: Defined-Benefit Plans Still in the Retirement ...       May 28, 2008
... in large companies ditching their defined-benefit offerings. Hybrid plans are staging a minor comeback.
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Funding Improves Among S&P 500 Defined-Benefit ...       April 4, 2007
News: The S&P 500 defined-benefit plans ended 2006 with an aggregate surplus of $16.6 billion, which compares with a deficit of $83.5 million at the beginning of the year.
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Reports Chrysler ...       May 20, 2009
News: Chrysler's 10 US defined-benefit pension plans are underfunded by a total of more than $10 billion, according to a Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. estimate in a US Bankruptcy Court filing.
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TOOL: 'The Financial Crisis and Private Defined ...       January 9, 2009
... with information that could be used to help employees whose retirement depends on traditional pension plans sort through their concerns.
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Study Finds Defined-Benefit Plans Continue to Fall       May 12, 2009
... largest US employers now offer a defined-benefit pension plan to new salaried employees, according to a new study.
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House Panel OKs 401(k) Fee Disclosure, Defined-Benefi ...       June 24, 2009
... information to 401(k) and other defined- ... some modest funding relief for defined-benefit pension plans.
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Western Union to Add $4.1 Million to Pension Plans       August 24, 2009
1 million cash contribution to its defined-benefit plans.
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