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February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Finally, the labor market trend has turned, with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.6% in January, according to the Department of Labor (DoL).

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital fundraising is stabilizing, according to data from research firm VentureOne.

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial jobless claims, recently at a six-month low, have risen by 30,000 in the latest week, according to the Department of Labor (DoL).

(PLANSPONSOR.com) - New criteria have been set for inclusion in the TSE 300 index, with company size and liquidity being the chief attributes considered, just one of a...

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The dot.com job bloodbath appears to be letting up.

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's job market may have improved slightly in December, but is not nearly back to its level one year ago, The Conference...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock funds attracted $3.4 billion in new money in December, a mere trickle compared to the $15.3 billion worth of inflows in November,...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Open Market Committee decided to leave the Fed funds interest rate unchanged at 1.75%, reasoning that the outlook for economic recovery...

January 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With one-time institutional backers staying on the sidelines, the US venture capital market saw the amount invested in US companies plunging 65% to...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six in 10 investors at a San Francisco money manager say they're not going to backpedal from a portfolio with aggressive growth, small-cap,...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Younger workers are often hardest hit by a tight job market, according to USAToday.

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes has agreed to develop a group of indexes for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Dow Jones announced. The first...

January 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $82.99 billion at the end of December 2001, up 5.2% from the end...

January 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stocks on the Nasdaq market react most emphatically to surprise Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes or when the central bankers make less of a...

January 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of first-time applications for unemployment insurance continued its downward trend in the week ending January 19, according to data from the...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a slow December, a weak equity market and the events of September 11, a record amount of new money flowed into mutual...

January 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An early sign that the economy may be struggling its way out of its recession, the number of initial unemployment claims fell to...

January 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The AIM fund family bears the dubious distinction of being named the worst offender in the Maverick Adviser's Fourth Quarter 2001 Lemon List.

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to Unit Investment Trusts increased by $1 billion in October 2001, significantly below a year before when deposits were up $2.8 billion,...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of equity market weakness, hedge funds proved a better bet for investors in 2001 - the average US hedge fund...