Workers Wayne Tomlinson, Alice Ballesteros and Gary Muckelroy brought the suit in 2004, arguing that by switching its defined benefit pension plan from a final average pay formula to a cash balance formula, El Paso set payments for older, longer-service employees at significantly lower levels.

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Beyond the balance sheet, however, the Marussia team has a broader incentive: selling Formula One in the potentially lucrative Russian market.

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