Employers cutting back 401(k) plans

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A quarter of U.S. employers have eliminated matching contributions to employee 401(k) retirement plans since September to save money amid the economy’s downturn, according to research released on Monday.

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Wood pulp panellists get $657 a day

TWO members of a government-appointed pulp industry panel will be paid $657 a day, the Senate has heard. more…

Wood pulp panellists get $657 a day

TWO members of a government-appointed pulp industry panel will be paid $657 a day, the Senate has heard. more…

Senate spends day debating what to debate

THE Senate has spent a large part of the day debating what and when it will debate in the final sitting week before a six-week break. more…

Russia’s Ingush Leader Critical After Bomb Attack

A homicide car bomber drove into the convoy of the president of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia Monday and detonated the vehicle, critically wounding the president and killing or wounding others, officials said. more…

Death toll from Iraq’s Kirkuk blast rises to 73

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – The death toll from Iraq’s deadliest bombing in more than a year rose to 73, police said on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives outside a mosque in the north of the country.

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Senate spends day debating what to debate

THE Senate has spent a large part of the day debating what and when it will debate in the final sitting week before a six-week break. more…

Wood pulp panellists get $657 a day

TWO members of a government-appointed pulp industry panel will be paid $657 a day, the Senate has heard. more…

Employers cutting back 401(k) plans (Reuters)

Reuters – A quarter of U.S. employers have eliminated matching contributions to employee 401(k) retirement plans since September to save money amid the economy’s downturn, according to research released on Monday. more…

Turnbull censured as utegate row blazes

OPPOSITION Leader Malcolm Turnbull was censured in Federal Parliament today as the controversial OzCar affair dominated the national political debate. more…