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June 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the nation's most potent lobbying groups has thrown its support behind a measure that would permit the reimportation of cheaper drugs...

June 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest pension fund is set to vote on a proposed HMO rate hike of 11.4% for 2005.

June 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More companies these days are making use of business process outsourcing (BPO) - to a large extent concentrated in their IT and payroll...

June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSPOR.com) - New York City may be the most expensive city in the United States, but across the globe the Big Apple is not even...

June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has put another total outsourcing pact into overdrive, inking a deal with TRW Automotive.

June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing movement of employees are resisting employers' efforts to use consumer-driven health care strategies to cut the rate of health-care cost increases.

June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty-seven percent of hiring managers are preparing to ramp up hiring at their location from the second to third quarter.

June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado Governor Bill Owens has inked a measure hiking state and local government contributions to its public retirement plans and expanded defined contribution...

June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Social Security trust fund has seen its life expectancy extended 10 years to 2052 - when Baby Boomers will be between 89...

June 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are constantly confronted with the problems of increasing participation rates in 401(k) plans and making sure participants make the right investment...

June 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors are concerned about the cost of the 401(k) plans, and many are evaluating the fees being levied by their providers.

June 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees entered the new year with renewed optimism about their financial futures, asking more questions about money management and investing, with fewer crisis...

June 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though many Americans have raised a hue and cry over U.S. companies outsourcing jobs to less expensive markets, the government said Thursday...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The effectiveness of compensation strategies that emphasize "pay-for-performance" has been called into question by a study conducted by Hewitt Associates and WorldatWork, the...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pace of health-care cost increases may have slowed in 2003 for the second year in a row, but that doesn't mean employers...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal employees participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) would have more flexibility to open, close, or make changes to their accounts under...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Starbucks Corp. managers in Florida have brewed up a federal lawsuit alleging the company poured up a double-espresso worth of work and...

June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study by a national insurance provider claimed that melding workplace disability and health-care programs from the same carrier can help return disabled...

June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of multiemployer health funds have many factors to consider when considering offering Health Savings Accounts (HSA) to their employees.

June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - World events have little bearing on executives accepting overseas posts, while family considerations weigh heavily on these considerations.