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Survey finds 23 percent changing GIC policies. (International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey, guaranteed investment contracts)
; Survey Finds 23 Percent Changing GIC Policies Twenty-three percent of the corporate benefits...failures. Further, 45 percent of the respondents whose...provider solvency, 85 percent of the respondents to...satisfied that their defined contribution plan fiduciaries are fulfilling...GIC ...
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Survey finds 23 percent changing policies on GIC's. (guaranteed investment contracts)
; Survey Finds 23 Percent Changing Policies On GIC's Twenty-three percent of the corporate benefits...failures. Further, 45 percent of the respondents whose...provider solvency, 85 percent of the respondents to...satisfied that their defined contribution plan fiduciaries are ...
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Bill's loss worries investment chief: Requirement to put 40 percent of assets in bonds is losing state money; official says
; ...under current guidelines, we're forced to have 40 percent of our portfolio in bonds." Slaughter said 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds currently yield 4.9 percent. That means 40 percent of the board's portfolio will fail to meet its target rate of 7.5 percent. "That's a certainty," he said. The bill ...
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July construction down 5 percent
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June construction up 5 percent
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Medical and retirement plan coverage: exploring the decline in recent years: the percent of workers with employer-provided medical care and retirement benefits declined over the past decade; a variety of potential explanations are explored.(Declines in Benefits)
; ...percent of workers in 1992-93, compared with 49 percent in 2003. These declines may be the result of shifts...industry. Among full-time workers, there was a 17-percentage point decline in medical care coverage over the decade, from 73 percent in 1993-94 to 56 percent in 2003. Part-time ...
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Bucking a trend: State eyes DC plan that is mandatory for new workers; Massachusetts governor also suggests using state-owned land as part of DB contribution.(News)(Massachusetts Gov. Milt Romney proposes mandatory defined contribution plan for new state employees )
; ...has proposed a mandatory defined contribution plan for new state employees. He also...keep, sell or develop. The defined contribution plan idea is still evolving; no information...to implement a mandatory defined contribution plan for new employees since Michigan...
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Diabetes facts and figures [] Approximately 17 million people in the United States, or 6.2 percent of the population, have diabetes. Of those, about a third are unaware they have the disease. [] Approximately 7.8 million, or 8.3 percent of all men over the age of 20 in the U.S., have diabetes. [] About 9.1 million, or 8.9 percent of all women over the age of 20 in the U.S., have diabetes. [] Nearly 7 million people, or 20.1 percent of the U.S. population age 65 and older, have diabetes. [] Approximately 2.8 million, or 13 percent of all African Americans, have diabetes. [] About 2 million, or 10.2 percent of all Latino Americans, have diabetes. [] Almost 105,000 Native Americans and Alaska Natives, or 15.1 percent of those receiving care from the Indian Health services, have the disease. [] The most life-threatening consequences of diabetes are heart disease and stroke, which strike diabetics twice more than they do people who do not have the disease. [] The total economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated at $132 billion, or one out of every 10 health care dollars spent in the U.S. Source: American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org)
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SkyePharma.(acquires 40.2 percent of RTP Pharma Inc.)(Brief Article)
; SkyePharma PLC has acquired 40.2 percent of RTP Pharma Inc.
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Warriors' Ayat nearing 100 percent
; Tuesday, September14, 2004
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