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March 18, 2004 OCC Exemption Rules Opponents Take Wait-and-see Approach Congressional opponents of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) controversial new rule exempting national banks

March 16, 2004 U.S. Industrial Production Surges 0.7 Percent U.S. industrial output advanced by a stronger-than-expected 0.7 percent in February, as American firms operated at their fastest pace since

March 15, 2004 House to Hold Hearing on Pension Plans This Week The House Education and the Workforce Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday on the status of multi

March 12, 2004 Pension Conferees to Continue Talks After Senate Break House and Senate pension conferees emerged from their meeting yesterday saying they had made no policy decisions, but House

March 11, 2004 Thomas: Differences May Endanger Pension Bill House Ways and Means Chairman William Thomas (R-Calif.) warned yesterday that differences among pension bill conferees might cause a

March 10, 2004 Pension Conferees Meet And Are Split On Senate Provisions House-Senate conferees on pension legislation met for the first time yesterday, with most senators saying they will hold on

March 9, 2004 Brought to you exclusively by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). Pension Conference to Open Under Looming Veto Threat Conferees meeting for the first time Tuesday to negotiate

March 8, 2004 Brought to you exclusively by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). Bankruptcy Reform Could Punish Elderly (CNBC) Big banks are pushing for tough revisions to bankruptcy laws that

March 5, 2004 House Names Conferees on Pension Legislation House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) yesterday named House conferees on pension legislation, CongressDaily reported. Education and the

March 4, 2004 Reports Show Recovery The economy is in recovery, reports suggest, with manufacturing activity and consumer spending on the rise and construction spending solid though slightly lower