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October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four female former Human Resources executives of Dell, Inc. on Thursday filed a class action discrimination suit against the company in U.S. District...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In PLANSPONSOR's "PLUGGED IN-Participant Education in the Current Market Environment" Webcast, retirement plan advisers and PLANSPONSOR Editor-in-Chief Nevin Adams discussed what to tell...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division at the American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, announced that the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide decreased 0.7% to $24.64 trillion at the end of the second quarter of 2008, according to Investment Company Institute...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Amid some suggestion that next week's Presidential election may draw one of the highest voter turnout percentages in history, a new CareerBuilder survey...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found that participants appear to be responding to the current economic and financial crisis by delaying retirement, saving less, and...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pacific Life has unveiled a sales kit designed to help advisers working with business owner clients to use life insurance to close the...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has released a new version of its "Best Practices for 403(b) Plans Information Sharing -- Minimum and Comprehensive Data Elements."

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Segal Company, Section 211 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA), signed by President Bush on October 3, amends Section 132...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A health plan trade group has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to delay the deadline for filing excise tax returns and payments...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by Hewitt Associates and the Human Capital Institute (HCI) reveals progress in managing talent, but most companies are still struggling...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Spectrem Group study of the defined contribution investment only (DCIO) market said it is made up of 12% of all 401(k)...

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An SHRM research report, Online Technologies and Their Impact on Recruitment Strategies: Using Social Networking Websites To Attract Talent, indicates that searching for...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has sentenced the owner of a Reno-based technology firm to a year in prison for embezzling approximately $128,000 from the...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fiduciaries of BP Corp. North America Inc.'s retirement plans have accused Northern Trust Co. of breaching their fiduciary duties by not disclosing...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity has introduced a series of new educational resources to help Americans better understand their Social Security options, and how it can impact...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.—a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research and indexes—and global index provider FTSE have partnered to offer...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MFS Investment Management (MFS) announced it has completed the formation of a business development office for the defined contribution investment only (DCIO) marketplace.

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of 403(b) plans that are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) should already be aware of their fiduciary roles...

October 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fidelity Investments survey found that nearly half (45%) of Americans age 61 are planning to begin taking Social Security at 62, the...