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May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced an agreement that will preserve a pension plan covering 3,800 workers and retirees at Wyoming Valley...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh from efforts to regulate compensation practices at financial services firms receiving federal bailout money, Obama administration officials are reportedly now pondering ways...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer's first-quarter 2009 Defined Contribution Universe Summary found losses in all equity markets during the period.

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The slumping economy is holding back retirements among state and local government employees, according to a new survey of government managers, sponsored by...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the economy still uncertain and continued market volatility, Fidelity Investments said it is seeing higher levels of worker engagement and increased demand...

May 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A May 2009 survey by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) found more of both defined benefit and defined contribution sponsors...

May 13. 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on financing health care reform - and the current deductions for employer-sponsored programs are on the...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As lawmakers continued Tuesday to ponder how to reform the nation's health-care delivery system, one witness called for a "properly designed" limit on...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, New York state Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday announced that Julio Ramirez, an unlicensed placement agent formerly associated with...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Overall recent drug use in the combined U.S. workforce has sustained a 19-year decline since Quest Diagnostics first published its Drug Testing Index...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An annual report by the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees indicates the financial downturn has worsened the long-range financial outlook of...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2009 UBA Employer Benefit Perspectives Survey found 81% of employers felt their employees were aware of health cost crisis and emerging trends.

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Turner Investment Partners has announced the launch of the Turner Spectrum Fund, a no-load, open-end mutual fund that seeks capital appreciation by investing...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer has announced that it has named Sharan Mitchell Carlisle as Market Leader - Great Lakes region and Steve Gordon as Market Leader...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from Callan suggests target-date fund managers have stepped up examinations of their offerings due to the down economy.

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest poll from AP-Gfk finds that 56% of individuals surveyed are not planning to take a vacation trip this summer.

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by a Hartford-based retirement services firm asserted that service providers looking to help participants get ready for retirement should concentrate...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by a Hartford-based retirement services firm asserted that service providers looking to help participants get ready for retirement should concentrate...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pittsburgh hospital charged with firing an employee because she had cancer has agreed to pay $100,000 and furnish other equitable relief to...

May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wall Street Journal is reporting that an associate of the indicated political operative charged in the ongoing New York pension pay-to-play investigation...