Senate grants pension relief

US Senate Wednesday approved a pension relief bill with an amendment that permits airlines to make up pension funding shortfalls over 20 years while other industries would receive seven years. In a statment, Northwest Airlines called passage of the bill with the amendment "a positive development for...

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