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December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Contrary to reports that consumer driven health plans are fast becoming a more popular health care option for employees, a new study shows...

April 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Justice has declined to become involved in criminal and civil charges against International Business Machines (IBM) that it misused the...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most already offer health benefits, a majority of small companies that use outside staffing firms said in a recent survey they would...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared the way for a former employee of A.G. Edwards to continue pressing forward with his Employee Retirement Income...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-seven percent of workers say they will not spend any time at the office shopping online this December.

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NASD announced Monday it has slapped Jefferies & Company with a $5.5-million fine for providing "improper gifts and entertainment" to Fidelity stock...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that pharmaceutical companies did not violate antitrust laws when they banded together to try and...

Two titans of the securities servicing industry - Bank of New York and Mellon Financial - have merged to form a new colossus.

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In court papers filed last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed for the first time details of its two-year probe into...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First Charter Corporation announced on Monday it has sold Southeastern Employee Benefits Services (SEBS), part of the Wealth Management division of First Charter...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Delta Air Lines announced it has reached an agreement with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) that will resolve all issues in connection...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TotalRewards Software, Inc. has launched an advertising-supported, on-demand application that allows small- and medium-sized businesses to create total compensation statements for their employees...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilmington Trust has announced the addition of two new fundamentally weighted mutual funds to its lineup of domestic equity funds.

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OppenheimerFunds, Inc. has announced enhancements to Retirement Income Manager, its free software tool which allows advisers to assess a client's probability of meeting...

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IndexIQ has launched a series of new families of indices for institutional and high net worth investors.

December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Funds has made its inaugural step into the target date fund market by adding nine funds to its retirement fund lineup.

March 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego city officials got more bad news Wednesday when the local District Attorney's Office announced a new criminal probe into potential conflicts...

March 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CFOs are leaving their posts in record numbers citing Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate accounting burdens as two main reasons for such moves.

February 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by a trade group revealed that the overwhelming share of 12b-1 mutual fund fees are being spent to pay financial...

February 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Marsh & McLennan managing director has pleaded guilty to criminal charges linked to a New York state investigation into bid-rigging and...