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July 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Charles Schwab's self-directed brokerage accounts (SDBAs) will now get charged $10 less in online equity trading commissions.

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Star HRG, a provider of limited-benefit medical plans has announced a new product that provides coverage between the most limited benefits and major...

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate Compensation Plans (CCP) and the Benefits Consultants Group (BCG) announced a new 401(k) plan with a disability insurance feature.

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Norfolk Southern Railway has agreed to a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in an age discrimination suit.

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job loss was lower than predicted for September considering the blow from Hurricane Katrina.

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Investment Services has added multi-style investment portfolios to its Best of America Advisory Services Program, its fee-based advisors' platform.

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hurricane Katrina may have sparked a bit of a 401(k) plan participant exodus out of equities and into fixed income during August, but...

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A St. Louis market research firm has unveiled a research tool allowing employers to pinpoint the most effective offerings for an incentive travel...

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An influential Republican US senator has introduced two pension proposals including one dealing with multi-employer plans and a second to encourage auto enrollment...

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Senator Herbert Kohl (D-Wisconsin) has introduced a bill to help older workers and baby boomers who chose to pass on retirement keep...

October 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Telecommuters may enjoy not having to fight traffic to get to work each day, but they may also be missing out on things...

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple has lost its legal challenge over whether their gain from the exercise of nonqualified stock options is covered by California's income...

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Texas federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit over allegations that a company's thrift savings plan purchased company stock at inflated prices,...

June 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Plan sponsors continue to rely increasingly on their consultants and custodians for risk management and performance measurement services, and are surprisingly less concerned with costs...

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Kansas federal judge has cleared the way for a K plan fiduciary breach lawsuit filed by participants at Westar Energy Inc. to...

June 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The parent company of the scandal plagued Pilgrim Baxter & Associates will aggressively go after the investment firm's co-founders to get reimbursement of...

June 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The scandal that has enveloped the San Diego pension system considers to simmer as its longtime actuary fought back against charges he should...

June 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increased regulatory attention to stock options including new expensing rules have not yet led employers to give up on equity compensation, according to...

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive poll found that just under half (45%) of workers are participants in a K plan or...

October 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lockheed Martin Corp, the largest US defense company announced that new employees as of January 1 will no longer be eligible for its...