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June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced it has assumed responsibility for the cash balance pension plan covering nearly 3,000 workers and retirees...

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama was scheduled Wednesday to sign an executive order that the State Department and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) should...

June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Pensions and Labor has approved The 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act (H.R. 1984), which requires...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 23% of 18 to 22-year-olds in a recent survey said they understood what a 401(k) was, while 73% of parents knew about...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York has overtaken Miami to be voted the U.S. city with the angriest and most aggressive drivers, according to a survey commissioned...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pennsylvania employers will have the option of covering uninsured single adult children up to age 30 as dependents on their parents' health policy,...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has adjusted allocations for its $183 billion investment portfolio, principally by raising its investment target exposure...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has dismissed a securities fraud suit that accused executives at health insurance giant...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has ruled that participants in the First American Corp. 401(k) plan cannot be...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPOSNOR.com) - In a reversal of course, the Internal Revenue Service says it will suggest that there be no tax consequence for employers or employees...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ravaged by the same fiscal turbulence pounding the nation's legitimate businesses, Ponzi operations have been collapsing at a record clip, the Washington Post...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. announced Tuesday it has received written notice from Barclays PLC that Barclays' Board of Directors has formally accepted BlackRock's offer to...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will ask a federal judge to block some investor lawsuits against the failed Reserve Primary Fund to...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants followed the equity market rally with net monthly transfers in the Hewitt 401(k) Index for May sliding further in equities and...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Calhoun, Georgia carpet and flooring manufacturer may have to face more plaintiffs in a wage and hour legal dispute as a federal...

June 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the lineup of witnesses organized in nine panels that are set to testify before SEC...

June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of salaried Chrysler employees got some encouraging news last week.

June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now all Twins Falls, Idaho police officers can retire more comfortably - even the four-legged variety.

June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefit Plans Plus (BPP) and Qualified Plan Services (QPS) have merged to become the second largest locally owned third party administrator firm in...

June 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new poll by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) finds the rising price of gas has prompted more companies to help...