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June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of not-for-profit hospitals and health systems that have fallen behind in funding their DB pension plans has climbed in the past...

January 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payroll employment for December increased by 108,000.

January 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bally North America Inc., a luxury shoe retailer, has agreed to a $200,000 payment to a former Taiwanese employee who said she suffered...

January 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has rejected efforts by a man convicted of child pornography to keep the federal government from dipping into his...

January 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in favor of Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., agreeing that an employee...

June 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the majority of 401(k) plan participants with emerging market allocations invested less than 20% of their balances in these funds, nearly...

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US institutional investors slashed their soft-dollar spending by 10% during the first quarter of 2005 over a year earlier, but many have put...

January 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets turned in a strong 2005 performance despite a series of potentially negative events, Standard & Poor's reported.

January 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maryland Chamber of Commerce has declared that Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Act, or 'Wal-Mart Bill', is preempted by a provision of...

May 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Beleaguered insurance giant American International Group (AIG) is facing a 401(k) fiduciary breach lawsuit charging that the company led employees to invest in...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A quarter of all privately held companies have been slapped by an employee lawsuit over the last few years, a new survey found.

January 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Seattle has reached a tentative settlement of $11.5 million on charges that it misclassified a group of employees as temporary...

May 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairman of government-appointed UK pension commission asserted that the ongoing public policy debate over pension reform needs to also focus on a...

May 1, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Edward Theobald, former chairman of the New Hampshire Retirement System's board, has been accused of failing to disclose a series of relationships he...

May 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio state lawmakers have hashed out a compromise on increasing oversight of the Buckeye State's public employee retirement system just days after an...

January 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chairman of the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), Peter Kalikow, said he was wrong in making pension demands a central focus...

January 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - T. Rowe Price has announced the addition of two new funds to its lineup of funds offering Advisor Class shares.

January 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the District of New Jersey has determined that an amended qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) naming a participant's...

January 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM today announced a major redesign of its retirement plans, announcing plans to freeze current pension benefits, while significantly enhancing its 401(k) offerings,...

January 5, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "This year alone, the value of the vacation days that Americans are projected to give back is estimated at almost $54 billion," Kari...