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February 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

February 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in California hearing the massive gender discrimination case against giant retailer Wal-Mart has allowed plaintiffs' lawyers to depose a former...

February 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private-sector pension insurer has issued a guidance document explaining how new mortality tables for determining current liability affect premium calculations and...

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 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced an interim final rule requiring the distribution of 401(k) type benefits for missing non-spouse...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In another sign of its continuing popularity, Fidelity Investments said Thursday that the number of workplace savings plans it recordkeeps featuring auto enrollment...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women typically keep their offices more tidy than men, but women have three to four times the number of bacteria in, on and...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Los Angeles will pull out $27 million in retirement fund investments from companies with business ties to Sudan in an...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Changing its prior holdings, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday said that an accrual basis taxpayer-employer may treat its payroll tax liability...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts' Governor Deval Patrick proposed a measure that could force the state's lagging municipal public pension funds to relinquish investment control of their...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have issued detailed guidance on how workers can have their employers roll over their health Flexible Spending Arrangements (health FSAs) and...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation has hired former president and CEO of Russell/Mellon Analytical Services William Pryor to act as its senior vice president and...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) plan participants invest their money most heavily in stocks, which represented 68% of participant assets at the end of 2005 that were...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when a trend favoring automatic plan features is still red hot, a new study has suggested plans should also institute...

February 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts' Governor Deval Patrick proposed a measure that could force the state's lagging municipal public pension funds to relinquish investment control of their...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Portland, Oregon firm been tapped as the new investment consultant for the Hawaii Employees' Retirement System (ERS), replacing Callan Associates after Callan's...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has dismissed legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims brought by health plan trustees against an attorney who represented...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California law allows creditors to dip into individual retirement accounts (IRAs), but money that is rolled over to an IRA from a private...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former head of Employers Mutual LLC was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for leaving $20 million...

February 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. (NCPI) has launched an institutional retirement plan consulting and advisory services platform, which will be administered by newly-hired Alexander...