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January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The long-rumored $225 million settlement of improper-trading charges against mutual-fund giant Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) has apparently been pushed back, according to a...

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is moving to assume responsibility for the pension of 6,100 workers and retirees of bankrupt Cone...

January 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (M&I), a banking and financial services company, filed suit against Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. in federal court in...

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court's order quashing a writ of garnishment against an employee's pension plan...

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas has agreed with a health plan participant that a provision of the plan...

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives at firms backed by venture capital are taking home fatter paychecks these days.

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees of Caterpillar Inc. have filed suit against the company to enforce promised health care benefits under collective bargaining agreements.

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) has filed interpretive guidance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to the sale of 529...

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor (DoL) Elaine Chao on Friday tapped five new members of the 2006 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension...

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) for religious discrimination on behalf of a Rastafarian...

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A San Diego firm announced that it has finished a "working model" of a health care plan aimed at guest workers from Mexico.

March 31, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial Services Group has formed a team of retirement experts who will provide assistance and coaching on financial planning concepts for...

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Watson Wyatt Worldwide has appointed Carl Hess as practice director of Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting Inc. in North America.

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The closely watched negotiations between members of the US House and Senate have apparently gotten so bogged down that a final pension reform...

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced the successful end of its effort to prevent abandonment by WCI Steel Inc. of its...

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senior US executives earn the highest salaries and annual total cash globally, according to a Mercer Human Resource Consulting survey.

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are preparing to hire significantly more new MBAs in 2006 than they did last year, according to a survey of corporate recruiters...

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While more than three-quarters (77%) of companies polled do not expect to cut health care benefits to retirees in the next 12 months,...

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newkirk, provider of communication solutions for qualified plan providers has introduced the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) calculator and explanatory guide.

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $42.2 billion in February of 2006, a significant increase over the net inflows of $32...