US - General Motors Corporation (GM) cited "huge legacy costs" of retirement benefits as the reason for its slump that saw revenues fall from US$193.5bn to $192.6bn in 2005.
Earlier this year, GM announced changes which resulted in accrued benefits in the current pension plan being frozen. Instead, the company implemented a reduced defined benefits scheme for some empl...
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