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February 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new CIGNA study of participants in its consumer-directed health plans (CDHP) found that 42,000 first-time users enjoyed an 8% medical cost reduction...

February 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine years after it converted its defined benefit pension plan to a cash balance arrangement, Duke Energy has been hit with a federal...

February 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only a small percentage of HR professionals and employees in a recent poll said they supported a workplace dating ban.

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Job Outlook 2006 report reveals that new college graduates can expect higher starting salary offers.

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS Retirement Services has announced its acquisition of Total Benefit Communications Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of employee benefit meeting services.

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median return for the 499 corporate, foundation, endowment, public, Taft-Hartley, and health care funds that make up the US Master Trust Universe...

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) collected $166,005,014 in back wages for over 241,000 employees in fiscal year 2005.

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS has unveiled its new BoardAssist product aimed at helping independent directors keep up with information on their positions through research, educational seminars...

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TALX Corporation, a provider of payroll and human resource services, has introduced its new Interactive W-4 service.

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401kLoans and Envisage Information Systems have integrated 401kLoans' loan origination software with Envisage's Remote Data Connector technology.

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors helped push up US equity markets during the October to December 2005 period as they anticipated an end to interest-rate hikes and...

February 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Illinois has rejected allegations that an employee was due significantly higher benefits after being promised them by one of...

August 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to State Street Research & Management Company and SSR Realty Advisors Inc, from MetLife for...

July 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is apparently investigating whether Bear Stearns gave inaccurate bond pricing information to an institutional customer, Reuters reported.

February 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median master trust in the ICC Universe ended 2005 with a respectable 7.1% advance after a slim 2% fourth quarter hike, according...

July 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The people most likely to get hurt by companies' cutting back their stock compensation awards because of changing accounting standards don't work in...

July 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Third party administrators (TPAs), such as retirement plan recordkeepers and administrators, are weighing options for alternative investment choices in response to a reporting...

February 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Your workplace may be as safe as a baby's crib, but you are far from home free when it comes to injuries affecting...

February 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the announcement of major job cuts at Ford, General Motors on Tuesday announced its own round of belt-tightening moves including a new...

July 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversy continues this week over a $263,000 severance package to a former director of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) and the plan...