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Publisher Poops On Pensions

By Hamilton Nolan, 4:24 PM on Thu Nov 20 2008, 533 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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The bad news: Random House has frozen its pensions for current employees and eliminated pensions for new employees. The good news: Nobody else has pensions either! [NYT]

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