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April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores has reversed course on its effort to collect more than $450,000 in health care cost reimbursement from a now-brain...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) is wishing everyone a Happy National Employee Benefits Day!

February 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GovernanceMetrics International (GMI), in producing its latest series of governance ratings for 3,400 global companies, found that change continues to take place at...

February 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by Chicago-based law firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP reveals an unexpected number of US public companies are adopting tougher...

February 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CEOs at high-performing companies saw large gains in the value of their unexercised stock options last year, while those at poor-performing companies saw...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Complaints by some workers at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services that new computers lacked popular games has prompted the...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time, the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employer may be found in violation of Title VII...

April 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - STOXX Ltd., a European index provider, has licensed several Dow Jones STOXX Strong Style Indexes to underlie four exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the statute of limitations clock has not expired for defined benefit plan participants' assertions relating...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a case in which it was decided that salaried managers were owed overtime pay, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...

April 15, 2008 ((b)lines) - A 403(b) plan sponsor says there seems to be one question about vendor consolidation that hasn't been clearly addressed in general IRS publications...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 401(k) participant now seeking Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection may only deduct the balance she owes on two plan loans from her bankruptcy...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan has launched DealVault, a new technology that tracks private equity investments valuations, performance, risk and exposure analysis globally.

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merk Investments has launched the Merk Asian Currency Fund, a mutual fund that invests in a basket of Asian currencies.

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has launched a new variable annuity - Crossings: My Lifetime IRA - designed specifically as a rollover option...

April 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - It's that time again… Most of us dislike (to put it nicely) having to file tax returns - even more so if we...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Foot Locker sportswear retail chain has agreed to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed on behalf of a former Philadelphia-area...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Insurance Company says that John Y. Kim, 47, will join the company and head its investment management arm, New York...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey found that 43% of non-retirees said debt affects their ability to save for a comfortable retirement "a great deal," while...

April 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP) today noted a "particularly" well-timed study regarding the exercise behavior of employees with stock options.