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March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economy may seem like it is in turmoil sometimes, but tight budgets in many workplaces apparently did not bring radical changes to...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials announced on Thursday that Bernard L. Madoff pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to eleven felony counts related to a $50...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Renaissance Life & Health Insurance Company of America has introduced a dental insurance plan that enables employers to make an individual dental insurance...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon presented an interim budget plan to the Salt Lake County Council that reduces spending, freezes wages, extends...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index, representing 100 of the nation's largest defined benefit pension plans, lost another $54 billion in assets in...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dennis M. Dowd, formerly the senior manager of human resources of Hitachi America Ltd., has pleaded guilty to defrauding a company benefit plan...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) announced Wednesday that the Senate Finance Committee, which he chairs, will take up comprehensive health care reform legislation...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has launched three new Fidelity Advisor Funds -- Fidelity Advisor Global Balanced Fund, Fidelity Advisor Worldwide Fund and Fidelity Advisor Convertible...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A look at actual 2008 disclosures for the largest 100 U.S. corporate pension plan sponsors finds aggregate funding fell by $303 billion last...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has launched three new Fidelity Advisor Funds -- Fidelity Advisor Global Balanced Fund, Fidelity Advisor Worldwide Fund and Fidelity Advisor Convertible...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The value and number of federal securities class action settlements declined in 2008, according to a report by Cornerstone Research.

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Benefit Research Institute/American Savings Education Council (ASEC) urges employers to direct employees to free tools to evaluate their finances and determine...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, announced that the SPDR Barclays Capital Long Term Credit Bond...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wayne, Pennsylvania-based Keane Retirement Services announced it is partnering with rollover provider Wealth Management Systems Inc. (WMSI) to offer an automated service for...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index indicates American workers and retirees are taking charge of their personal financial well being by spending less...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ernst & Young announced its Financial Planner Line has seen a dramatic increase in the number of calls from employees inquiring about the...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ashtabula, Ohio-based Molded Fiber Glass Companies has discontinued its 401(k) match.

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Buck Consultants survey finds the slumping equity markets will mean most companies will be unable to deliver the same 2009 equity...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of U.S. households with a net worth of $1 million or more, not including primary residence (NIPR), fell 27% to 6.7...

March 11, 2009 (PLANSONSOR.com) - The state board charged with overseeing public pensions in Texas could get more funding and authority under a bill filed by state Senate...