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Business
Think you’re owed a pension from a company you can no longer find?
Nov. 11, 2001
California
Los Angeles County officials have adopted changes in the county pension system that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars each year by boosting the retirement pay of hundreds of senior employees by at least 19%, according to records and interviews.
Feb. 23, 1992
The corporate vultures circling USX Corp. are eyeing not that company’s dying steel mills, or its other productive capacity, but its over-funded pension plans.
Oct. 13, 1986
The California Supreme Court made it clear Monday that state and local governments may reduce pension costs by repealing certain benefits without running afoul of constitutional protections for public pensions.
March 4, 2019
The most disturbing news to come out of the collapse of the late publisher Robert Maxwell’s business empire is that he looted up to $1.4 billion from pension funds of his British companies.
Dec. 18, 1991
World & Nation
The nation’s pension system--suffering from growing financial problems and other woes--may soon be the target for much-needed reform efforts.
May 15, 1993
Using an Orange County case to underscore the point, state Controller Gray Davis said Tuesday that he wants to impose civil and criminal penalties against public officials who artificially inflate their salaries to receive large pensions.
Jan. 8, 1992
Politics
The state Supreme Court eased the way Thursday for county employees in California to obtain service-connected disability pensions, saying they must show only a “real and measurable” connection between their incapacity and their job.
Sept. 26, 1986
Pension spiking by some city employees is costing taxpayers a total of $13 million, city officials said Friday.
June 4, 1994
A year after his 2010 election, Gov.
Oct. 28, 2016