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Many times the fee disclosures come in the form of lengthy documents or the information is spread out over multiple documents.

Dozens of residents and organizations turned up at a Connecticut Senate committee hearing today to voice their support for a proposal that would set up a state-run retirement plan open to all Connecticut residents and businesses.

The summary states that the initiative eliminates constitutional protections for vested pension and retiree health care benefits for current public employees, including teachers, nurses, and peace officers, for future work performed.

The bungalow suburb of 37,000 residents asked Michigan for a review of its finances, which are so shaky that it diverted $2.5 million to pensions from a water and sewer account.

While the rates arent directly followed by most investors, even small movements can affect the value of what Morningstar Inc. estimates is about $3.6 trillion in funds including pension and savings accounts that track global indexes.

More than 90 objections were posted on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court website today, each one or two pages long and asking Judge Steven Rhodes to reject Detroits proposed plan of adjustment.