WARNER BROS. to Make ‘Substantial’ Donation

Warner Bros., the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises, is making a donation to charities supporting victims of the Aurora, Colo., shooting rampage.

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the studio has been in contact with Colorodo governor John Hickenlooper‘s office and will contribute to a fund identified by the governor on the website givingfirst.org, which is a program of Colorado’s Community First Foundation. The fund distributes monies across several charities that will support victims of [...]

UK gov’t changes pension law so armed service personnel will have to work an extra 5 years before qualifying for a pension:

Soldiers, sailors and airmen may have to give as much as 23 years’ service before being able to leave with their pensions, up from as little as 18 years at present.

The result would be that the effective minimum age for leaving the Services with an immediate pension would increase from 40 to 45.

The plan, disclosed in a Ministry of Defence document, has emerged amid complaints from soldiers that they have [...]

BREAKING: GM to cut about one-fourth of U.S. pension – Reuters

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co will cut nearly a quarter of its U.S. pension obligation by transferring the management of its pension plans for 118,000 white-collar retirees to a third party and offering lump-sum buyouts.

The two moves unveiled on Friday will cut $26 billion from the automaker’s massive U.S. pension liability of nearly $109 billion. GM’s pension overhang is a top concern for investors. It was one of a handful [...]

Meet the OTHER new Instagram millionaires – including the freelance designer who joined less than THREE WEEKS ago

The latest Instagram employee to join the company and share in the $100million windfall after it was bought by Facebook was hired by the company less than three weeks ago, MailOnline can reveal.

Maykel Loomans was scraping a living working as a freelance software designer in Holland until he was given as job by the photo sharing app on March 22.

Three other employees also joined in March meaning they just about [...]

‘I’ve won $105million… and it’s all MINE!’: McDonald’s worker scoops Megamillions jackpot… but refuses to share it with her colleagues

Mirlande Wilson, 37, pooled money with colleagues at Maryland burger joint
Claims she bought one of the three winning tickets for herself
Winning numbers were 46, 23, 38, 4, 2, and 23

Employees at a McDonald’s in the U.S. are outraged at a co-worker who claims she won $105million in Mega Millions but says as she bought the ticket for herself she will not share her winnings.

Workers at the Maryland McDonald’s pooled their money for [...]

Eight smart ways to manage your tax refund

From Financial Highway:

North Americans are getting smarter with their tax refunds. According to the National Retail Federation’s Tax Returns Consumer Survey, 43.8% of refund recipients — the most in the survey’s history — plan to save a portion of the cash.

Simply saving, however, may not be the best tactic when trying to get the most from the potentially sweet lump sum.

Whether you plan to be part of this promising statistic [...]