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May 27, 2004 Study Sees Possible Demise of Traditional Pension Plans An organization representing Fortune 500 companies warned yesterday that traditional pension plans are facing extinction unless

May 26, 2004 Consumers Cautious, But Keep Shopping U.S. consumer confidence rose in May despite record gasoline prices and unrest in Iraq, Reuters reported. The Conference Board said its monthly gauge

May 25, 2004 Democrats Aim to Deny Frist's Bid for Cloture on Class Action Most Senate Democrats are likely to oppose Majority Leader Bill Frist's (R-Tenn.) plan to suspend consideration of the FY05

May 24, 2004 Senate To Take Up Class Action Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) announced on Friday that the Senate will delay completion of the FY05 defense authorization bill and instead

May 21, 2004 Rates Likely to Rise in Small Steps The Federal Reserve, which has signaled that it will soon increase interest rates, probably will do so in a series of small steps over many months or

May 20, 2004 Increased Oil Prices Jeopardize Recovery in Airline Industry Higher fuel prices threaten to wipe out the progress U.S. airlines have made toward financial recovery just as they are

May 19, 2004 Fed: Inflation, Interest Rate Increases Coming, But Slowly U.S. inflation and interest-rate rises are coming -- although productivity growth and slow economic growth mean they can be

May 18, 2004 Current, Former Lucent Employees Charged By SEC Nine current and former employees of Lucent Technologies Inc. and another individual yesterday were charged with securities fraud for their

May 17, 2004 Air Canada Strikes Deals On Pension Air Canada's restructuring bid was boosted on Friday by a cost-cutting deal with its Jazz regional airline pilots and by an agreement with regulators

May 14, 2004 Consumer Prices Rise Modestly in April Consumer prices rose by a modest 0.2 percent in April, the Associated Press reported. The rise in the Consumer Price Index, the government's most