By LEN BOSELOVIC, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Those inclined to sympathize with corporate America's chronic complaints about burdensome regulations and frivolous lawsuits should read Ellen E. Schultz's book, "Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers."

A federal agency's proposal to give companies that maintain healthy pension plans a sort of safe driver discount has raised the hackles of corporate America. Pension plan sponsors and groups that protect their interests say it would mean hefty premium increases and spur more employers to eliminate pension benefits.

The recent suspension of three U.S. Steel employees for posting pictures from a company coke plant on Facebook highlights a growing issue for employers: regulating the online conduct of workers.

The federal government's quest to double the average car's fuel economy by 2025 has intensified a long-running battle between steel and aluminum producers over one of their biggest customers.

With Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke vowing to keep interest rates at record lows for at least two more years, more yield-starved investors are seeking refuge in the stocks of companies that pay regular dividends.

If investors, executives, lawyers and others with access to material, non-public information about companies hadn't already gotten the message about trading on inside information, last week's conviction of billionaire hedge fund operator Raj Rajaratnam certainly got their attention.
Rajaratnam, 53, was convicted of making more than $50 million in gains -- or avoided losses -- by trading on info

U.S. auto industry production workers still hold down some of the highest-paying jobs in manufacturing, but their pay is on the decline, and there are blue-collar jobs that pay more, according to a new study by a U.S. Department of Labor.

IRS Publication 590 offers befuddled taxpayers more than 100 pages of "guidance" -- much of it in language a normal person would never use -- on how to comply with the rules and regulations governing Individual Retirement Arrangements.

Sign of the times: Financial bloggers ponder whether shortsellers could cause the collapse of an increasingly popular investment vehicle, sparking an Internet debate over whether such a calamity could occur and who would be left holding the bag.

From the same small town brewery that conjured Rolling Rock from mountain spring water comes a brew that, depending on whom you talk to, is either as conventional as a rum and Coke or the beverage from hell.