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August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of a restructuring of the world's largest fund firm's money management unit, Fidelity Investments has tapped a former Putnam Investments manager...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In spite of the new accounting standards for stock options, private companies are offering more stock compensation to more of their employees than...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital firms are closely watching a newly adopted Texas law, and a similar legislative proposal in California, that could help establish a...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that asbestos-related disease does not qualify as "bodily injury by...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds notched an average 1.74% advance in July, according to the HedgeFund.net-PerTrac Universes.

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tyson Foods has been hit with a federal lawsuit over charges that a "whites only" sign was posted on a bathroom at its...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against more than 20 Chicago area Supercuts salon franchises alleging discrimination against Hispanic workers.

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Benefit Services has unveiled a new Web-based medical plan cost modeling tool to better enable employees to compare the cost of their...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median US corporate, public, and foundation/endowment plan enjoyed positive results for the second quarter of 2005, according to the Mercer Investment Consulting...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A motion filed in the lawsuit concerning Bank of America's (BoA) Cash Balance Plan asks the judge to rule on the legality of...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study conducted by Interactive Data Corp. (IDC) and Kronos Incorporated shows 85% of hospital executives believe if hospitals better addressed their...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BenefitStreet has announced a new custom-designed enrollment solution is now available for its 7,500 corporate clients.

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services has launched two Web sites offering information and tools to assist Chief Compliance Officers (COOs) with meeting mutual fund...

December 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal securities regulators have demanded testimony and documents as part of their probe of the troubled San Diego city pension system, according to...

December 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Walt Disney Co. with failing to disclose numerous relationships between the company, multiple directors, and...

August 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A court has found that a requirement omitted from a benefits brochure can still be enforced in spite of the omission.

August 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oregon Supreme Court has dismissed appeals to a lower court's ruling that will decrease public retirees' benefits by some $1.6 million and...

August 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio resolved the coordination of benefits (COB) between a COBRA plan and other group...

August 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed and final regulations under IRC Sections 411(a) and 411(d)(6) to address a recent Supreme Court decision...

December 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smith Barney officials showed up in person this week at a meeting of a Florida city's police and firefighter pension board to defend...