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December 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has published a staff Technical Bulletin, Recognition of Pension and Other Postemployment Benefit (OPEB) Expenditures/Expense and Liabilities...

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York State Department of Health has placed an enrollment ban on one sector of UnitedHealth Group's New York operations, claiming that...

June 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than four of 10 companies said that inadequately defining and evaluating the roles most critical to successful performance is the most frequent...

November 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state judge has declared as unconstitutional a plan to sell $525 million in bonds to cover part of the state's pension...

November 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to stop market timing in retirement accounts, the T. Rowe Price Group Inc. will now charge investors a fee for...

November 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon state official this week slapped insurance broker Marsh USA Inc. with a $75,000 fine for overcharging 22 government agencies and not keeping...

November 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An independent fiduciary appointed to the United Airlines bankruptcy case is set to ask a US Bankruptcy Judge for permission to allow it...

October 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 49.82% of votes received by long time California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) trustee Charles Valdes has triggered the fund's first runoff...

October 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City's five public pension funds have reached a $78.9 million settlement of a securities fraud lawsuit filed against a group of...

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Investment Management now offers a fund of hedge funds open to smaller institutional clients.

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Investment Management now offers a fund of hedge funds open to smaller institutional clients.

September 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rampant news media predictions of a funding crisis by the agency that insures private pension plans are most likely off the mark.

September 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the 16 years between 1988 and 2004, defined benefit pensions bested the performance of 401(k) plans by 1%, according to a new...

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Minnesota recently sent one retaliation claim to trial while granting summary judgment to the defendant...

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to rein in on the threat of further security breaches, the US Veterans Affairs Department has suspended the use of...

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most HR professionals say their company has or is planning to develop a program aimed at training leaders within the company.

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Computer giant Hewlett-Packard announced that it is terminating its telecommuting program for information-technology employees, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two-thirds of college educated 25- to 34-year-olds say they choose where they want to live first before looking for a job, according to...

September 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of a typical US pension plan fell 1.4% in August, according to the latest Mellon Pension Liability Indexes from Mellon...

June 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Spherion Emerging Workforce Study, conducted by Harris Interactive, found that an increasing number of employers are turning to prescreening tools and assessment...