Retirement Trends

Fiat SpA secured full ownership of Chrysler Group LLC in a $4.35 billion agreement that will conserve the Italian companys cash while creating a global carmaker with better scale to take on General Motors Co.

The aggregate pension funded status is estimated to be 93 percent at the end of 2013, a sharp jump from 77 percent at the end of 2012.

Our columnist shares the second batch of 401(k) news stories he believes were the most compelling in the past year.

Washingtons bid for the 777X may hinge on a Jan. 3 vote by union machinists on whether to accept a contract extension rejected by union officials that would freeze pensions and eventually replace them with a 401(k)-style retirement plan.

Nader said the company's effort to squeeze worker pensions and pay is "unseemly."

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit remanded a lawsuit against the company over how its pension benefits were calculated back to a district court.