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[P]This isn't just AMR or the airline sector it's a big problem all over.[/P]
[P]In the last week, heavyweights like International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:[A href=http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ibm&d=t]IBM[/A] - [A href=http://biz.yahoo.com/n/i/ibm.html]News[/A]), Motorola Inc. (NYSE:[A href=http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mot&d=t]MOT[/A] - [A href=http://biz.yahoo.com/n/m/mot.html]News[/A]), General Motors Corp. (NYSE:[A href=http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=gm&d=t]GM[/A] - [A href=http://biz.yahoo.com/n/g/gm.html]News[/A]), Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:[A href=http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=f&d=t]F[/A] - [A href=http://biz.yahoo.com/n/f/f.html]News[/A]), Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. (NYSE:[A href=http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ir&d=t]IR[/A] - [A href=http://biz.yahoo.com/n/i/ir.html]News[/A]), Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:[A href=http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=whr&d=t]WHR[/A] - [A href=http://biz.yahoo.com/n/w/whr.html]News[/A]), Continental Airlines Inc. (NYSE:[A href=http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=cal&d=t]CAL[/A] - [A href=http://biz.yahoo.com/n/c/cal.html]News[/A]) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:[A href=http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=utx&d=t]UTX[/A] - [A href=http://biz.yahoo.com/n/u/utx.html]News[/A]) all reported their pension funds, which provide guaranteed benefits to retired workers, were underfunded. [/P]
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[P][SPAN class=t]Pension fund shortfalls add to U.S. company woes[/SPAN][/P]
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