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The settlement comes as as a result of the companys residential mortgage securitization activities in the state, the attorney general announced.

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.

Unions representing police officers, firefighters and other city workers challenged the pension changes, which called for city workers to contribute 16 percent more to their pension plans.

At a Senate subcommittee hearing on the nation's retirement crisis, lawmakers begin to consider a mix of possible reforms.