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March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington state Senate has passed Senate Bill No. 5688, a measure that would expand the rights and responsibilities of domestic partners who...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Perkins Investment Management LLC, a subsidiary of Janus Capital Group, announced that Perkins Small Cap Value Fund (JSCVX) reopened to new investors, effective...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alliance Benefit Group Carolinas, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based third party administrator and recordkeeper, has created a special team to work with financial advisers...

March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker sentiment study by Fidelity Investments' Consulting Services business found most workers surveyed underestimate employers' cost of providing health insurance to employees.

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new tool from The Principal allows advisers to show clients what percent of employees are saving enough to maintain their standard of...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Halifax (Nova Scotia) regional firefighters and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers spent an afternoon scouring an area around a former military radar...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not only are corporate wellness programs more common than ever before, employers are becoming more sophisticated in how they work with employees with...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite rising health care costs and other economic worries, a majority of large U.S. employers remain confident they will continue to offer health...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $29.18 per hour worked in December 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dallas-based television station owner Belo Corp. has suspended the company's 401(k) match, trimmed some salaries, and cut its workforce because of the slumping...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first annual "Business Roundtable Health Care Value Comparability Study" indicates the costs and performance of the U.S. health care system have put...

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 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can work with their advisers to determine whether cutting the employer match contribution is necessary-and also help communicate changes to participants.

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trend that has seen some employers hard hit by the recession opt to suspend their 401(k) match has hit the lobbying organization...

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. investors started off 2009 continuing their contributions to mutual funds—particularly into money-market funds, according to Strategic Insight.

March 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Charles Schwab Self Directed Brokerage Accounts (SDBA) fled to safety during the economic downturn, according to new Schwab data for the...

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...