According to a recent article in The New York Times, companies in the S & P 500 had unfunded pension liabilities of $154.9 billion in 2004. Perhaps of more concern is the fact that they had an additional $318.1 billion of other unfunded post-retirement benefits, mainly health care for retirees.

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