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October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The investment world in general may have been stagnant in 2001 and 2002, but socially responsible investing (SRI) in the US was still...

May 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Obese workers are paid less than normal-weight employees, but not because of an appearance bias as some past studies have shown.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The potential backlash against Putnam Investments for its involvement in the ongoing mutual fund trading scandal continued to grow with word that Massachusetts...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The State of New Jersey's plan to bring in a private adviser to manage a portion of the state pension funds may be...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The massive reorganization underway at AIM mutual funds is continuing with the shareholder approval of 13 more fund mergers.

May 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Systems Application & Technologies, a former contractor for NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, has settled a same-sex harassment lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former directors of union-owned insurance company Ullico Inc. may have violated federal labor and pension laws with questionable stock sales.

October 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in its recent report that airlines face at least $10.4 billion in payments to pension plans between...

October 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two state pension funds, a pension fund in Europe, and mutual fund company in Europe have filed suit against Delphi Corp. for allegedly...

May 10, 2005(PLANSPONSOR.com)-Nearly half (45%) of organizations do not have a formal process in place in which those retiring employees pass on their workforce knowledge and experience onto...

October 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and the American Electronics Association (AeA) showed that costs to implement practices required by the...

May 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The world's equity markets lost ground again in April, as more than three quarters of the developed world's stock markets posted negative returns.

September 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush is being pulled into a Congressional squabble over stock options, as opposing groups vie for his intervention on their behalf regarding...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Spokane City Council has approved extending benefits to unmarried partners of city employees - if their labor unions want to negotiate for...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Insurance Co. has announced plans to dump Janus Capital Group Inc.'s mutual funds from its retirement plan investment options.

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Your paycheck continues to be linked to your address.

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The probability that a worker can get employment-based health coverage increases, sometimes significantly, if that worker is a union member, according to a new study...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong Capital Management on Friday confirmed that a hedge fund engaged in market-timing trades with its funds, but said it doesn't believe the...

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—A US District Judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a man who claims that, upon his return from a three-month Family and Medical...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GMAC Institutional Advisors LLC has acquired certain debt advisory units of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc.