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April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Under heavy Congressional pressure, the nation's accounting-standards board on Thursday approved new relaxed guidelines for the controversial mark-to-market asset valuation rules even though...

April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lord Abbett & Co. announced that its Lord Abbett High Yield Fund A (LHYAX) attained its 10-year performance record with a top quartile...

April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Treasury Department has extended its intervention efforts to support money market funds for five more months, the agency announced.

April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The executive director of Colorado's largest state pension fund has called off 2008 bonuses for the fund's investment managers in light of the...

April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tonight at PLANSPONSOR's annual Awards for Excellence Celebration we'll announce our Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year and Retirement Plan Adviser Team of...

April 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Oregon has filed court papers requesting to join an existing securities fraud case against Swiss bank UBS to recover more...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal has announced a new wellness program offering it says gives employers the necessary tools to create a cultural shift, making healthy...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal has announced a new wellness program offering it says gives employers the necessary tools to create a cultural shift, making healthy...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) and Mercer have created the new HERO Scorecard Version 3.0, an updated system allowing employers, and other...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) and Mercer have created the new HERO Scorecard Version 3.0, an updated system allowing employers, and other...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The only good news for employees that may lose their jobs due to the tough economy is that the majority of firms are...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by a Waco, Texas, HR consulting firm finds widespread uncertainty among executives about how well their organization follows recruiting best practices...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Westwood, Massachusetts, company best known for its vehicle tracking devices has suspended its 401(k) match for all employees.

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Right Management has found that 31% of human resource professionals report that employees at their company are not able to...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five years after acquiring Columbia Management Group as part of an acquisition, Bank of America (BoA) intends to offload the business in an...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Britthaven, Inc., a Kinston, North Carolina-based nursing home and assisted living chain, will pay $300,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by...

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved settlement agreements in two religious discrimination lawsuits against a St. Cloud, Minnesota-based chicken processor and an employment agency.

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has published guidance on the new federal COBRA premium subsidies.

April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes has introduced the Dow Jones Total Stock Market Indexes, which will serve as its primary global benchmark family.

March 31, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PIMCO has launched the PIMCO Long-Term Credit Fund, an actively-managed portfolio that aims to take advantage of opportunities in long-dated investment grade corporate...