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August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge on Wednesday combined 12 lawsuits over the failed Reserve Primary Fund, Reuters reports.

August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Organizations find that separation benefits provided to terminated employees impact the morale of remaining employees, according to a new study by DBM, a...

August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Nashville, Tennessee service provider has tapped Courtenay Shipley as vice president Retirement Services.

August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In July, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed into law the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act, according to news reports.

August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A long-in-the-making package of pension reform legislation from U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota) continues to move toward formal introduction when Congress reconvenes...

August 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A proposed U.S. Senate bill would bar employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has introduced online information sharing reports and automated data sharing capabilities for third-party administrators (TPAs) to help...

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A program by drugstore chain Walgreens offered to employers featuring prescription drug benefits in their health care program includes a price list reflecting...

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity has launched a new guidance program "to help investors better understand and consider fixed-income investments as part of their investment goals."

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kevin Gerard, president, Tactical ETF Strategies, a division of Gerard Asset Management, LTD., has announced Tactical ETF Strategies will be available for employer-sponsored...

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company announced its intent to participate in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) 403(b) prototype program.

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services has added a new bond research portal to its MarketScope Advisor (MSA) platform.

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chief investment officer managing North Carolina's $60 billion in pension funds has resigned from her post.

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fitch Ratings special report indicates the recent decline in funded status of U.S. life and non-life insurers' defined benefit pensions plans is...

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are expressing concern about paying for medical costs during retirement - and dramatically underestimating the financial burden they'll be expected to bear,...

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Media multitaskers may sound like the sort of employee hiring managers salivate over, but a new study suggests that sentiment could be misplaced.

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of 912 small to medium-sized business owners across the United States by management consulting firm George S. May International found...

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a discrimination lawsuit against national retailer Target Stores, Inc. for failing to provide accommodations...

August 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty percent of workers at organizations that have suffered layoffs say their company's workplace productivity has been hurt as a result.

August 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Israeli university student has opened a Twitter site where prayers can be sent for placement in the crevices of Jerusalem's Western Wall,...