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February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Retirement Services has launched a Web-based system to help plan sponsors more easily prepare plan data for annual reporting and compliance testing.

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District judge in Arizona ruled an America West employee fired for distributing sexually explicit and sometimes pornographic e-mails via the company...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away two appeals involving State Street Bank & Trust Co.'s work as directed trustee for the United...

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Corp. has tapped Walt Bettinger II, head of its investor services unit, as president and chief operating officer.

February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Investment Consulting's Summary Performance of US Institutional Portfolios survey found the median corporate plan had a fourth quarter2006 gain of 5.7%, while...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil suit against deposed Monster Worldwide General Counsel Myron Olesnyckyj for his role in...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed and settled civil charges against the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 2,300 chief financial officers will wave good-bye to the headaches of Sarbanes-Oxley and board demands and leave their position during 2007,...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several Indiana teachers have filed what could become a class-action lawsuit, accusing MetLife and a financial consultant of rigging their 403(b) investment options.

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -SunTrust Banks has announced a variety of changes to its pension and benefits programs including starting a cash balance plan and dropping a retiree...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado state legislators last week unanimously passed what was described as the nation's toughest and most comprehensive legislation to help end the genocide...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge last week reduced former Maryland pension fund manager Nathan A. Chapman Jr.'s 7 ½-year prison sentence by more than two...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant contributions to defined contribution (DC) plans should double between 2007 and 2011 because of auto enrollment and auto deferral increase programs.

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one in five adults has not taken any steps toward planning for their retirement and only 10% have worked with an...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trend Integration, a job applicant screening service, has released a Web- and IVR-based phone screening service that enables companies to automatically schedule, conduct,...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report from a federal government watchdog agency said the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) continues to not have an adequate assessment...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a parent company may be held liable for worker injuries at a subsidiary company when it...

February 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A significant amount of Generation X investors who don't put money into an individual retirement account (IRA) would do so if they only...

February 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 60% of employees say their bosses make time to review their job concerns and 45% say their managers help them develop new...

February 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former senior vice president of Monster Worldwide Inc. pleaded guilty to securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud in federal court...