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September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that said federal employees could not...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 40% of Canadian institutions say they expect to increase their use of US Treasuries and high-grade corporate bonds if the 30%...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Skokie, Illinois worker who was so angry at his bosses that he spiked the company coffeemaker with toxic chemicals and urine was...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There have been surveys about the oddest job interviews, most bizarre resumes, and even the most unusual excuses for missing a day of...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A majority (53%) of working Americans employed with a company that offers a retirement plan reported they experienced moderate to high levels of...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush issued a memorandum to the Office of Personnel Management asking it to establish a program to facilitate the transfer of leave...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a senior citizen advocacy group that charged that major US drug companies violated antitrust...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The proxy for EchoStar Communications, Inc. October 6 shareholders' meeting includes a proposal to change the company's policies to prohibit discrimination against gay...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Lipper research on survivorship bias in US mutual funds shows that survivorship bias matters little or not at all for many fund types - yet...

May 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Virginia's state employees' public retirement fund is pulling back on its domestic equity allocation.

May 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the 103 investment staffers of the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) will get a total of $2 million in bonuses, the...

May 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong Financial Corp may have reached a settlement with federal and state regulators, but one of its hometown pension funds is still concerned...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Detroit's Police and Fire Retirement System asked a federal judge in US District Court in Detroit to name the retirement system as the lead plaintiff...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Electronic Data Systems Corp. said Friday it has reached a preliminary $16.5 million settlement of a class action lawsuit that will require the...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A study examining matching incentives for IRA contributions among low and middle income workers shows a significant increase in retirement savings.

April 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's chief accounting rulemaker on Tuesday defended during a U.S. Senate appearance a highly controversial plan to make companies expense employee stock...

April 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has reversed course in a proxy fight with American Express Co. in a disagreement over the...

April 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders of ExxonMobil Corporation have worked out an agreement with the company under which they withdrew a proxy initiative promoting workplace human rights...

April 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A rising stock market and increased company pension contributions have wiped some £60 billion off the U.K. corporate pension fund deficit, according to...

April 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Keenan has expanded its retirement services capabilities with the acquisition of third-party administrator (TPA) and 403(b) and 457(b) compliance firm Envoy Plan Services.