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October 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congressman George Miller (D-California) took the House Committee on Education and Labor on a field trip today.

October 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio University (OU) has formalized a four-year-old practice of providing full medical and dental coverage to same-sex domestic partners of university employees and...

October 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with allegations of federal disability benefit abuses among retirees at the Long Island Railroad (LIRR), the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (URRB) has...

October 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from Pyramis Global Advisors, Fidelity Investments' institutional asset manager, reflects that while Canadian pension plans are surviving market volatility, there is...

October 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement services trade group has released a 10-point plan for Congress to reform plans to help participants be better able to weather...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington state Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday that the Port of Seattle owes retired union workers health care benefits agreed to during...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Lighthouse1, a Minneapolis-based provider of consumer driven health care (CDH) software administration solutions, has introduced its Lighthouse1 Benefits Card, which it says gives consumers...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PenChecks Inc., a La Mesa, California-based provider of qualified plan distribution services, will integrate Wealth Management System Inc.'s IRA rollover services with BenePay,...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has added Spanish-language content on its Web site.

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Raleigh, North Carolina, firm is offering a proprietary online system designed to help participants successfully save for retirement.

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An effort tied to the United Nations has generated a framework through which asset managers, banks and other financial services companies can report...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Argentina's leftist President Cristina Kirchner has signed a proposal nationalizing the country's private pension funds.

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments announced Nick C. Thakore and Robert D. Ewing will join the firm as Managing Directors and Portfolio Managers of Putnam's Large...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Chances are you know someone who's addicted to work, food, or cigarettes - but how about popsicles or nasal spray?

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most people expect to see political candidates campaigning during an election season, a new survey suggests workplace politicking is just as active.

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association found that those enrolled in a consumer-directed health plan (CDHP) are more cost-conscious and...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a new survey of 455 employers conducted by Mercer and sponsored by Kronos Incorporated, employee absence costs organizations the equivalent of...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of U.S. employers that do not sponsor an employee health plan (almost exclusively small employers, with fewer than 500 workers) believe...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of large corporate and public defined benefit (DB) plans found that plan sponsors have, for the most part, concluded their...

October 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees do not spend their defined contribution (DC) balances immediately at retirement, but make thoughtful choices and use the proceeds prudently, according to...