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March 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided an applicant for a job as a part-time library page does not have to...

March 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new firm focusing on the entrepreneurial company's need for impartial advice on retirement planning has been introduced.

March 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has scheduled a "403(b) Plans Data Sharing Technology Summit" for Wednesday, March 26, in Hartford, Connecticut, to discuss the technology...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both developed and emerging market equities bounced back in February, according to Standard & Poor's Index Services.

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of a health-care facility can't sue his old employer for not properly funding the company's profit-sharing plan, a federal judge...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k)Advisors, with $32 billion in collective assets under advisement through its Producer Services Unit, has announces the appointment of John L. Scott to...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Alabama's public pension fund has reimbursed Liberty Corp. stockholders $750,000 for losses in connection with the fund's stock purchase while it was providing M&A...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey of investment practices at public pension plans found that about half invest or plan to invest in alternative asset classes in...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The legislative to-and-fro over Kentucky public pension reform continues - as the state Senate okayed a measure with significant departures from a companion...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new MassMutual study finds that plans using automatic features such as enrollment are apparently not be driving away participants with their auto...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Conventional wisdom has long held that daylight saving time saves energy, but a new study suggests otherwise.

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new global survey of human resources executives finds that while 82% identify a "war for talent" as a key issue over the...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the nation's private pension plan insurer, is analyzing its transition management processes - with an eye toward...

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Callan Associates study of the impact of the Pension Protection Act (PPA) provides yet another confirmation of the popularity of target-date...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has introduced a bill creating tax-advantaged Disability Savings Accounts (DSAs) to allow families with disabled members to better save...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In February, the weak stock market again led 401(k) participants to flee equity investments for fixed income funds, according to the results of...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an unusually harshly-worded opinion critical of a lower court's ruling in a gender discrimination suit filed by a deputy U.S. Marshal, a...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has announced the launch of two real-time currency indices that provide investors with exposure to emerging economic superpowers that currently...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers averaged $28.11 per hour worked in December 2007, according to data from the U.S. Department...

March 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many employers who have followed the craze of moving from defined benefit to defined contribution retirement benefits have also beefed up their DC...