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December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. could find itself facing a participant lawsuit as the Cincinnati law firm of Statman, Harris & Eyrich, LLC has...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a statement of its fiscal year second quarter earnings results FedEx Corp. said it will suspend 401(k) match contributions and reduce salaries...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A joint nationwide survey conducted by Towers Perrin and the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS) indicates a rapid movement toward...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of companies implementing layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, and smaller pay raises, has risen sharply in just two months, according to...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recordkeeper Ascensus has expanded its services to fee-based advisers by adding Charles Schwab to its retirement platform.

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At year-end 2007 more than 7% of 401(k) assets were invested in lifecycle funds and one-quarter of 401(k) participants held lifecycle funds, according...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc., a third party recordkeeping and plan administration company, announced the creation and release of The Auditor's Toolbox.

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to tap U.S. Representative Hilda Solis (D-California) as the next Secretary of Labor, according to widespread media reports...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) recognized $1.2 billion in monetary results and helped spark 101 criminal indictments in...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A libel suit that recently received approval from a federal district court judge suggests that employers must proceed with caution when reporting workplace...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that a medical plan fiduciary or administrator has to sue in federal court to...

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Governor David A. Paterson has proposed a steep public employee pension rollback as part of the Empire State's emergency budget-cutting efforts.

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Motorola on Wednesday announced it was freezing its defined benefit pension plan on March 1, 2009 and suspending its 401(k) plan match on...

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System (KTRS) has adopted investment reforms that include adding additional experts to its investment committees and requiring board members to...

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Way of America wants all its affiliates to read a report detailing how a $2.1-million pension damaged the credibility of a...

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) board plans to end the practice of paying bonuses to 21 investment staff members by...

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on Wednesday announced the availability of the 2008 Form M-1 annual report for...

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George Bush will sign into law a bill suspending a requirement that seniors take a required minimum distribution (RMD) from retirement accounts...

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly chosen Mary Schapiro, CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission.

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stanford Financial Group has announced the formation of Stanford Institutional Consulting, a new business group within its global network of financial services companies.