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Unlike USA, pension liabilities cause little concern in Europe.(Cover Story)

Automotive News Europe,  May, 2003  

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Byline: Sylviane de Saint-Seine

"Old Europe" can be slow to reform, but that has advantages when it comes to companies' pension liabilities.

Many US companies, notably in the labor-intensive auto industry, are currently suffering from huge debt represented by pensions they owe their employees, past and present.

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