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March 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a civil suit brought on by federal authorities over charges that it...

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two months into 2005, hedge funds have outperformed the S&P 500, according to industry-watcher HedgeFund.net.

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investment Group has unveiled Pension Navigator, a web-based pension forecasting tool.

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MSCI has launched eight MSCI Hedge Invest Strategy Indices.

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recruitmax, an HR outsourcer, has implemented a series of new customer support initiatives, the company announced.

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey from Watson Wyatt and the National Business Group on Health shows that the use of health management and consumer-directed health...

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When Michigan voted in November to define marriage as an act between a man and a woman, they also, by extension, ended health...

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paid time-off (PTO) banks - ones which combine vacation and other possible reasons for missing work - are growing increasingly common, according to...

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that retirees may be entitled to "lifetime" heath benefits because of ambiguous plan language, and has sent...

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Airlines has terminated a special pension program meant for senior executives.

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although 70% of Americans are confident about their future retirement financial situation, much of this confidence may be overoptimistic, according to a recent...

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Quebec Court of Appeals has denied retirees from Hydro-Quebec the right to have their say with a pension surplus.

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2005 Principal Well-Being Index shows that despite a decline in the availability of employee benefits, satisfaction with such benefits is increasing.

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in three American workers is chronically overworked, according to a recent study.

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PensionGold Retirement Solutions has announced the launch of PensionGold IQ, a query and reporting suite.

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefit Software Inc. has announced the launch of the latest version of CompWatch.

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefit Software Inc. has announced the launch of the latest version of CompWatch.

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forward Management, LLC, a San Francisco institutional money manager, plans to adopt the Emerald Growth, Banking and Finance, and Technology Funds, according to...

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has announced that it is creating a new institutional-focused investment operation that will be separate from its existing mutual fund business.

March 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California appeals court has ruled that an ex-husband can not challenge the distribution date of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) that...