* Biggest award made in single day from stimulus package * Will pay for 18 million smart meters, other equipment (Updates with speech, changes dateline from Washington) ARCADIA, Fla., Oct 27 - President Barack Obama...
NEW YORK, Oct 27 - U.S. consumer confidence fell to lower-than-expected levels in October, amid growing concerns that job market conditions will worsen in the near term, according to a report released on Tuesday. The...
* Senate Democrats getting close on healthcare votes * Top Republican asks who will pay the credit card bill WASHINGTON, Oct 25 - U.S. Senate Democratic...
* U.S. existing home sales highest since July 2007 * Housing supply lowest in 2-1/2 years * Tax credit for first-time buyers helps lift sales (Adds details, updates markets) WASHINGTON, Oct 23 - Sales of...
* U.S. existing home sales highest since July 2007 * Housing supply lowest in 2-1/2 years * Tax credit for first-time buyers helps lift sales (Recasts, updates markets, adds byline) WASHINGTON, Oct 23 - A...
NEW YORK, Oct 23 - It is little wonder that the California Public Employees' Retirement...
FEDERAL VERSUS STATE Siedle and other experts said the federal government needs to bring public pension funds under its purview through a comprehensive and uniform set of rules. "State oversight just isn't cutting it," said...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23 - A letter earlier this year from the chief...
The measure squeaked by, stock investments rose, and the fund got more aggressive. Shortly after 2000 it made its first investment in hedge funds -- a shot heard around the pension fund world. "It was...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23 - A new public pension fund reform law in...