A Pension Rule, Sometimes Murky, Is Under Pressure
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering changing the way companies report their pension fund earnings. Researchers found that many companies would be reporting losses rather than gains if their actual pension fund returns were accounted for.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Sales, profits & dividends, Interpretation and construction, Company investment, Investments, Telecommunications equipment industry, Lucent Technologies Inc., LU, Company sales and earnings, Accounting, Company earnings/profit, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Accounting law
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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For Pension Plans Like United's, A Healthy Glow That's Paper Thin
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United Air Lines Inc. is just one example of how quickly companies can default on pension contributions required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Accounting rules allow companies to understate what they owe their workers.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
Air Transportation, Scheduled, And Air Courier Services, Analysis, Case studies, Finance, Airlines, United Air Lines Inc., Company financing, United States. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Accounting procedures
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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Subjects list: United States, Laws, regulations and rules, Compensation and benefits, Accounting and auditing, Government regulation, Pension funds
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