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  June 28, 2006 Pensions Pension Conferees Still Well Short of Agreement Pension conferees leaving a meeting Tuesday indicated that negotiators are still far apart on several sticky issues, dimming

  June 27, 2006 Nearly 50,000 Take Buyout Offer at GM and Delphi In an employee exodus that is one of the biggest ever, about 47,600 union workers at General Motors and its former division, the Delphi

  June 26, 2006 Pennsylvania  Constitutional Challenge to Debt Relief Agency Provisions of BAPCPA Dismissed The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed a complaint on

  June 23, 2006 Some 37,000 Workers Plan To Exit GM, Delphi About 37,000 hourly workers have so far accepted offers by General Motors Corp. and auto supplier Delphi Corp. to leave the companies, union

  June 22, 2006 Autoworkers Union Opposes ‘At-Risk’ Proposal of Pension Legislation The United Auto Workers would oppose a bill to overhaul the traditional U.S. pension system if it kept a current

  June 21, 2006 USG Exits Chapter 11 USG Corp., the maker of Sheetrock-brand wallboard, emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday and deposited $900 million in an asbestos litigation trust as its

  June 20, 2006 Employers, Unions Anxious about Pension Legislation Talks Corporate employers and labor unions said that they were worried about a new Capitol Hill proposal to tighten the definition

  June 19, 2006 U.S.  Lawmakers Mull Stricter Pension Reforms U.S. lawmakers are discussing a new proposal to tighten the definition of when corporate pension plans are in enough financial trouble to

June 16, 2006 Bush Tells Lawmakers to Finish Pension Bill House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said President George W. Bush urged lawmakers on Thursday to end months of sparring and finish

  June 15, 2006 Trustee Wants Rap Mogul Kept Away from Record Label A U.S. trustee is asking a judge to keep notorious rap figure Marion 'Suge' Knight from controlling bankrupt Death Row Records after