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January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates found that employers feel employees are not taking responsibility for their retirement savings and are increasingly implementing automated features to their...

October 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Competing San Diego mayoral candidates each insist that only they have the secret for turning around the city's plethora of financial woes, including...

January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those who sponsor a pharmacy benefit plan for retirees may save more than 80% on retiree drug costs with the new Medicare Part...

January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly all of the HR departments at more than 100 of the nation's large corporations are undergoing change in operations, adding self-service technology,...

January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that reflects a continuing trend for defined benefit plans, Milliken & Co. has announced its 9,300 employees will no longer...

October 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Montana's public pension funds for teachers and other state and local government employees now have a combined $1.4-billion funding shortfall,...

October 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of South Carolina has set up a six-member independent panel to oversee the investment of $26 billion in state pension money.

January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report in the Journal of Health Affairs says the rate of increase in US health care spending in 2004 was at its...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Local San Diego lawmakers have authorized City Manager Lamont Ewell to develop several scenarios under which about $600 million would be poured into...

September 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The phrase "socially responsible investing" (SRI) means different things to different people, but to all it represents one main goal: the consideration of...

September 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The judge in a pension fraud case involving four former San Diego pension officials and the system's former counsel, has agreed to push...

September 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Provisions in the new Pension Protection Act (PPA) reform measure providing for new participant company stock diversification rights may have tripped up a...

September 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Accounting standards writers for government agency accountants are following their private-sector counterparts as they move toward requiring additional pension plan disclosures in governmental...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadians chose saving for retirement over 'keeping their heads above water' as their primary financial concern in Royal Bank's most recent survey.

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Growth funds edged past value funds for the first time in five years in 2005.

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of Nebraska has rejected the argument that employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) participants' malpractice claim against...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fiserv, Inc. has announced its acquisition of CareGain, Inc. which will provide a solution to help institutions manage their consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs)...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While it's true that the total number of fatal work injuries in 2004 inched up 2% to 5,703, it was still the third-lowest...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domagoj Vucic didn't come to Genentech for the rich stock options or the free cappuccino or the made-to-order sushi or the parties every...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy percent of HR managers feel worker retention is a primary concern, according to a new Monster study.