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May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 82% of American workers in a recent poll said they would be willing to accept a pay decrease if they could get...

May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While recognizing a significant year-over-year uptick in defined contribution participants taking hardship withdrawals, a new Vanguard Group research report said the trend occurred...

May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that a shareholder lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp. executives and directors should go to trial.

May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Segal Company survey of multiemployer pension plans finds that, under funding provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), the average...

May 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the nation's largest public pension plan has decided to keep its powder dry - for now, anyway - on legislation...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A proposal for universal health care put forth in a Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief claims to have the potential to achieve near-universal health...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has hit two current and two former top officers of Broadcom Corporation for being involved in an...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rogerscasey announced it has agreed in principle to acquire Perimeter Capital Management Inc. (PCMI), based in Toronto, Canada.

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the traditional wisdom holds that Blackberry jockeys actually hate their devices as a corporate leash, a new survey indicated that may...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama rejected the attempt by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) participant to revive...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House Republican leadership Wednesday unveiled an agenda that would allow Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) beneficiaries to retain coverage indefinitely...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ftwilliam.com, a provider of plan documents and government forms software has announced the release of their defined contribution EGTRRA prototype plan documents.

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's state Supreme Court on Thursday declared the Golden State's marriage laws were discriminatory and that same-sex couples should be allowed to legally...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Everett, Washington, Herald reports a state social worker who received $21,000 in paid leave after announcing she had malignant brain tumors has...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Adding guaranteed income to a qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) can generate higher income levels in retirement, a study to be released Friday...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans apparently have no trouble admitting they are lackluster savers, but that doesn't seem to motivate them to sock away more of their...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer's study of U.S. CEO compensation trends found that CEO total direct compensation among many large companies is declining.

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial Research Corporation (FRC) - a source for information on asset inflows and outflows to mutual fund companies - announced it will stop...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Washington state Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a measure allowing workers to opt for paid time off as...

May 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Active extension strategies - relatively new to institutional investors - are already in use or are under consideration by more than half of...