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Watchful worry is the only option for 34 million Americans who, like Boyle, are stakeholders in defined-benefit pensions--corporate retirement programs that once represented a dependable revenue stream for retired U.S. workers but today are increasingly falling into disrepair and deficit. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Comptroller General, concerned about a rise in the number of companies no longer able to meet their pension obligations and the magnitude of their shortfalls, labeled as "high risk" a quasi-federal agency that steps in to pay retirees when companies cannot. Saddled with a deficit of $5.4 billion and counting, the Pension...
...strategy is clear. As long as the coalition forces keep up the pressure, says a Pentagon official, Saddam will eventually make a mistake and be caught. "It's just a matter of waiting for Murphy's Law to kick in," says this official. At the same time, the steady stream of arrests of Saddam loyalists, the Americans hope, will eat away at his support structure. "He needs money and trusted friends to move around," says the official, "and we're scooping up both...
...last year e-bookers yanked its central office out of Britain and moved the 400 jobs to low-cost New Delhi. The business model may not be sexy, but it is working. Sales rose 52% last year. Nearly all of that growth was organic, rather than through its steady stream of acquisitions. Despite those deals and increased volume, costs fell from $77.9 million in 2001 to $74.6 million last year...
...flight began at 7 a.m. with a physical followed by a mission briefing. I met my crewmates, each of whom had a call sign, or nickname: Lt. Col. Dick "Blood" Banks, Capt. Kevin "Sidler" Kohl and Capt. Mike "Chanel" Chavannes. I too had a call sign, buried under a stream of acronyms and numbers that were scrawled on a whiteboard: TMD. Time Magazine Dude. I would have preferred something a bit more like "Maverick," but TMD worked for me. My duties were also noted on the whiteboard: "Rage in a killing machine." Now that was more like...
Wages press crusade in London on behalf of the colonies. Prints maps showing the Gulf Stream, based on his own temperature readings and observations...