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February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Adherents of the so-called Super Bowl Theory are no doubt grinning ear-to-ear these days, regardless of Sunday's winner.

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $39.4 billion in December, following a low net intake of $17.4 billion in November, according...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials with the Connecticut comptroller's office say they have not been able to completely change over the administration of state employees' retirement plans...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Idaho state legislature is considering a measure that could force the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) to withdraw $41 million...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although US hiring managers brought on a fewer-than-anticipated 111,000 new workers in January, the job market in the fourth quarter of 2006 was...

February 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the decision to outsource the management of pension assets is often associated with trimming costs, plan sponsors at a recent panel discussion...

February 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NASD announced today that it has fined Diversified Investors Securities Corp. of Purchase, New York, $1.3 million for facilitating impermissible market timing by...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senators may have overwhelmingly approved a bill that includes a provision limiting non-qualified deferred compensation programs (NQDC), but the NQDC provision may...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time since 2002, the total number of discrimination charge filings against private-sector employers received by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A salesman who chipped a tooth on a cookie while visiting a customer is entitled to compensation for his dental work after a...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a 2004 amendment barring same-sex marriages prevents public employers from offering health benefits to same-sex...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though a life insurance plan participant had designated his girlfriend as a beneficiary, a federal judge has ordered that benefits actually be...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington state-based Empire Health Services announced that it will freeze its defined benefit plan on April 1 and shift to its 403(b) program.

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled that Deluxe Financial Services , Inc. did not fire a machine operator at...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of mutual funds around the globe climbed 4.1% in the third quarter of 2006 to $20.22 trillion, beating the 2005...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As anticipated, Putnam Investments has announced that it will be acquired from Marsh & McLennan Companies by Great-West Lifeco Inc., a subsidiary of...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report puts some data behind a basic retirement savings adage: the earlier you start, the more you...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Hewitt Associates study of large US company retirement plans found more evidence of how far the auto enrollment trend has swept...

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and...