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September 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans hoping to make extra money to pay bills or buy holiday presents this year could face a tight holiday job market, according...

September 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2008-82 providing guidance on qualified reservist distributions (QRDs) from health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and including...

September 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board that manages York County, Pennsylvania's employee retirement plan is trying to stop the $50 billion sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank...

September 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of small businesses are feeling the stress of the tough economy, leading many to cut back on retirement savings or...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust Corporation announced Monday it would "take certain actions" to support securities lending clients whose cash collateral is invested in five constant...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wachovia Retirement Services is one of the business units not going to Citigroup as part of Monday's acquisition of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $9.50 billion, or 0.08%, to $11.578 trillion in August, according to the Investment...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $9.50 billion, or 0.08%, to $11.578 trillion in August, according to the Investment...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $401 million in August, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared the way for participants in Caterpillar's 401(k) plan to pursue their fiduciary breach claims - but on issues...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The key part of a deal solving a labor dispute between the Teamsters and Waste Management is the agreement to move the employees...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tegrit Financial Group, a private venture capital firm focusing on financial and management solutions for the public sector, launched its Web site on...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ExpertPlan, provider of private label recordkeeping solutions for the micro- to small retirement plan market, in October will be adding defined benefit plans...

September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Local Maryland government officials say they will be in a tough spot if Governor Martin O'Malley tries to shift the state's $622 million...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cultural integration issues in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions have direct financial implications on deal value, according to the results of Mercer's Cultural...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which sets U.S. accounting rules, is conferring with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about whether...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. public companies are becoming increasingly more responsive to good corporate governance practices and to the interests of their shareholders, according to Shearman...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private equity firms Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Hellman & Friedman LLC have agreed to acquire Neuberger Berman, the 69-year-old asset management firm,...

September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sun Life Financial (SLF) said on Monday it was adding several new executives to beef up its U.S. management expertise and that the...

September 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several days after stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services, James E. Murphy has accepted a new position as...