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Pension Reform Vote on Friday?

October 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform continued to creep ahead yesterday as the President and Speaker of the House exchanged letters outlining their respective priorities - and...
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Advice Bill Ready To Take Next Step

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Security Advice Act (H.R. 2269) may be addressed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee as early as the end...
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PBGC Releases Long Bond Yield Guidance

May 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies with defined benefit pension plans now have additional guidance about how to apply the new rules allowing administrators to use 100% of...
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Wal-Mart Opposes Kennedy Bill

April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which provides jobs for 900,000 US workers, 650,000 of whom are covered by the group's pension plan, opposes Senator Edward...
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Moody's Rates Real Estate

April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bid to boost transparency and promote increased investor confidence in the real estate investment fund industry, Moody's Investors Service launched a...
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Pension Reform Returns

March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform made a grand reappearance today, as Representatives Portman and Cardin unveiled their new pension reform package, along with more than 250...
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EEOC Meets on Discrimination Following 9/11

December 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At its first meeting under the Bush Administration, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) heard testimony and recommendations from various ethnic groups...
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DoL Extends Comments Period

December 12, 2001 - The US Department of Labor (DoL)'s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration extended the comments period for a number of class and individual exemptions currently...
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TRACE Debut Pushed Back Six Months

December 13, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told policymakers that the introduction of TRACE, the corporate bond pricing system, has been delayed for six months...
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Firing After Threat No Benefits Conspiracy

November 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An appeals court has upheld an earlier decision that an accelerated termination following employee threats was no conspiracy to deny benefits, according to...
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IRS Puts Out COLA Update

November 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has published an update on the 2003 cost-of-living adjustments for a variety of fringe benefits