Sentences with phrase «portion of its pension payments»

The state is «amortizing» (i.e., spreading out over 10 - year periods and repaying with interest) a portion of its pension payments each year, reducing the effective rate to 10.5 percent in 2012 and 13.5 in 2015.

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Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Our Karen DeWitt asked the Assembly leader if he was in favor of the «pension smoothing» plan outlined by the governor that will allow local governments to lock in a rate now to reduce current payments while defering a portion of the costs down the road.

Wilson has criticized legislation adopted by the Senate Tuesday, but advocated by DiNapoli, that provides an optional 10 - year payment plan for a portion of the huge spike in pension payments facing state and local governments next year - from 7.4 percent of payroll to 11.9 percent next year.

And, while not part of the budget for education, Illinois must also pay down the portion of the state's annual pension obligation bond payments (POBs) allotted to the Teachers» Retirement System, or TRS, which covers all Illinois elementary - and secondary - school teachers outside of Chicago.

Now a portion of a person's pension payments can be made directly to an ex-spouse after retirement.

Of course, the ideal solution for many people may be to split their pension — that is, take a portion as a lump sum and the rest in annuity payments.

When a company or government pledges to pay its long - term employees a portion of their salary in retirement — a pension — the entity estimates how much it (and its employees) will need to set aside in order to make those payments in the future.