In fact, DB lost a case in Germany for inappropriately selling swap contracts to German small businesses.
But with a DB pension the employer is making a promise that becomes more valuable with pay and experience.
Christine Mahoney of Mercer Consulting reckons that the cost of funding a 60-year-old employee in a DB scheme is 12% of payroll, whereas in a DC plan it is just 6%.
To earn the equivalent of a DB pension worth half their final pay-cheque, they or their employer would have to contribute 55% of their salary.
In anticipation of the new regulations, DB set up a new derivative exchange-clearing unit called Markets Clearing for listed and over-the-counter derivatives for interest rates, foreign exchange, credit, commodities and equities contracts.
They had a lot of assets outside of retirement accounts to draw on as needed and eventually pass on to their children and grandchildren, while they used the DB annuity payments as a guaranteed income stream.
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On 7 June a walk-out by of drivers and other workers in a pay dispute with operating company DB Regio Tyne and Wear (DBTW) brought the network to a standstill, with further action planned on 21 June.
Meanwhile, the drastic decline of DB plan participants resulted in a fall off in PBGC funding.
To forgo the hotel's restaurant, DB Bradley, named for a 19th-century American missionary, would be sinful indeed.
He tired of dB Drag and switched to a newer event called Bass Race, in which some competitors sit in their vehicles without earplugs and blast music at up to 160 decibels for 30 seconds.
Anton Periquet, head of equities research in Manila for Deutsche Regis Partners, a joint venture between Deutsche Bank (nyse: DB - news - people ) and a Philippine brokerage, likes Ayala Land, 58% owned by Ayala Corp. and the country's largest landlord, with commercial and residential properties.
In theory, the presence of private shareholders in DB ML should reduce its ability to win special treatment from DB Netz, though Mr Mehdorn will, bizarrely, continue to head both DB and DB ML. The privatisation represents a step towards the British model, in which private firms run trains on a state-owned network.
Only 21% of private workers enjoy a defined-benefit (DB) pension, which guarantees retirement income based on years of service and final salary.
Or you can take a look at the PowerShares DB Base Metals (NYSE: DBB) ETF, which has exposure to futures contracts on aluminum, zinc and copper.
It provides a remarkably flat frequency response over a 10-Hz to 22-kHz bandwidth, a dynamic range of 92 dB, and algorithmic delay of less than 1.89ms.
The all-in-one stereo speaker system includes six internal drivers and four amplifiers that provide a total of 100 W of audio power and a maximum SPL of 105 dB.
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However, with the bank focusing on expanding its equities business considerably in subsequent years to achieve a top-three spot in global equity standings, the annual growth may very well be a double-digit number if DB finds the right formula for growth.
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It is the third time since 2003 that DB has been foiled in its attempts to create a pan-European stock exchange.
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The Powershares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund ( DBC) is a widely followed and liquid ETF that tracks the changes in the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index.
All personal music players and mobile phones sold in the EU must now have a sound limit of 85 decibels (dB), but users can increase it to 100dB.
The Powershares DB Gold Double Short ETN ( DZZ) is a bet against lower gold prices that may not be appropriate for all investors due to its risk. (See the Powershares Web site here).
The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, comes less than a year after the European Commission rejected a merger proposal between Deutsche Boerse (DB) and NYSE Euronext on the grounds of antitrust concerns in the derivatives market.
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Surveys suggest that people in DC plans retire a year or two later than those in DB schemes.
DB's role in the sale by Metro, a big retailer, of its non-core assets, which galvanised German retailing, and in the sale of Hapag-Lloyd, a travel agency, which did the same for the tourism business.
Thanks in part to ideas born at dB Drag events, the acoustic power of car stereo speakers has increased tenfold in the last ten years, from a maximum of 500 watts per square meter to 5, 000. (A loudspeaker at a rock concert puts out 2, 500 to 3, 000 watts.) Pioneer learned from dB Dragsters to cover speaker coils with ceramics to dissipate heat.
Take a look at the stock chart for the PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest ETF (NYSE:DBV).
The new DB is cut closer to the body with higher armholes for a modern fit.
Veolia, a private train-operator, pulled out of bidding for a contract in Stuttgart in February, complaining that DB, which was also in the running, would not provide the information needed to prepare its bid.
Two years later, Deutsche Bank (nyse: DB - news - people ) swooped in to buy a similarly ailing Bankers Trust, attracted by its expertise in advising emerging U.S. tech and health care firms.
The daily chart of the Powershares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund ( UUP) shows the breakout from a short-term double-bottom formation (line b).
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