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January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwest Airlines and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) have hammered out a deal to settle overdue insurance premiums the airline owed to...

As PLANSPONSOR's 2006 DB Summit in Washington, DC commenced, the message from the opening plenary speaker was "It is a new day for DB plans!"

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the fact that nearly one-half (45%) of office workers have been explicitly informed that their at-work technology usage is monitored, a majority...

As a growing number of defined benefit plan sponsors contemplate freezing those programs, a panel of industry professionals at PLANSPONSOR's 2006 DB Summit predicted the emergence of a...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Utah has ordered that a Utah-based Coca-Cola bottler retroactively enroll an employee in its long-term disability (LTD) plan since...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores revealed Thursday that it had agreed to pay about $34 million in back wages to thousands of workers underpaid...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom Corp. revealed it will take a whopping $2.22 billion charge to properly account for misdated stock option grants over...

January 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL) has filed suit against New Britain, Connecticut-based Macristy Industries Inc. and its president for allegedly misdirecting more than...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Buyout funds and venture capital funds posted returns of more than 25% and 15.6% in 2006, respectively, according to the January private equity...

The focus brought to defined benefit plan funding by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and new accounting requirements by the Financial Accounting Standards Board is leading DB...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pennsylvania-based investment management firm Symons Capital Management has introduced two new mutual funds for retirement plans and other institutional investors.

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who worry that the benefits of their health-care coverage aren't fully appreciated will likely see a renewed interest by workers after...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal managers have so far been reluctant to accept telecommuting as an alternative work situation for their employees, mostly because they fear a...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Detroit automakers may be on the brink of a deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW) in which the union would fund a...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Local government employees in California already in a state retirement plan will be able to choose to invest in new tax-deferred fund options...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gary Amelio has reportedly stepped down from his position as executive director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to take a new...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gary Amelio has reportedly stepped down from his position as executive director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to take a new...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "Prudent diversification" was a main contributor to the over $1.6 trillion growth in mutual fund assets in 2006, according to a Strategic Insights...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in the 11 largest pension markets doubled to $23.2 trillion over the last decade, growing at a compound annual rate of 7.5%,...

Panel members at PLANSPONSOR's DB Summit in Washington, D.C. last month were in agreement that new pension accounting rules hatched by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and...