ERISA preemption, the basic topic, and again start at the first level. What does ERISA mean? It stands for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. ERISA applies to virtually all private-sector employee benefit plans. The term employee benefit plan means an employee welfare benefit plan, an employee pension benefit plan, or a plan that is both.
Copper Prices - 45 Year Historical Chart. Interactive chart of historical daily COMEX copper prices back to 1971. The price shown is in U.S. Dollars per pound. The current price of copper as of April 20, 2017 is $2.5570 per pound. Copper Prices Today - Live Chart.
Trend in Copper Prices: What It Indicates for Freeport. Copper prices. Copper closed at $5,741 per metric ton on March 23, 2017. So far, copper has risen 4.0% in 2017. In 2016, copper prices rose 17.4% and ended a five-year price drought. Copper has been on a losing streak since 2011. Before 2016, LME (London Metal Exchange) copper prices fell every year since 2011.