Businesses are not required to consider an
invitation to merge their pension plans vs. terminating them, according to a
Supreme Court ruling June 18, as reported by the Associated Press.
An increasing glut of empty homes for sale
hasn’t had much of an effect on lowering home prices to more attractive levels
for buyers, according to a national housing study released yesterday.
Six U.S. producers of welded standard steel pipe
and the United Steelworkers (USW) filed petitions with the U.S. Dept. of
Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging that imports of
welded standard pipe from China into the United States are being dumped and are
being subsidized by the government of China.