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March 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Schwab Corporate Services has unveiled a new collective trust fund that provides an investment choice for 401(k) participants in or near retirement.

March 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial institutions would be allowed to take responsibility for the assets in the approximately 1,650 401(k) plans abandoned each year in order to...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both Senators from Pennsylvania, the state in which more then a third of US Airways employees work, are pinning blame for the air...

September 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will consider a new model to value employee stock options.

March 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut employers would either have to provide health-care coverage to all full-time workers or pay into a government health coverage buying fund, according...

March 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of companies who faced workplace lawsuits in 2004 got hit with gender discrimination charges, according to a new survey.

March 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly all the firms that do business around the world are putting in place global compensation programs, according to a new survey.

March 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 56-year-old foreman at a Baltimore casket maker who claimed he was fired after 30 years due to age discrimination has won a...

August 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo & Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire institutional money manager Benson Associates LLC.

March 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hindsight is certainly 20-20 when it comes to financial planning for retirement.

August 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After months of discussions and sometimes acrimonious wrangling, the Oregon Legislature has given its stamp of approval to a scaled-down pension plan for...

August 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Virginia Retirement System (VRS) has tapped CAGM Rock Creek as the second manager for its $1-billion hedge fund initiative, as the system...

August 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study reveals that a third of Baby Boomers had no retirement plan in 1998 and could very well hit retirement age...

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now defunct auditor Arthur Andersen has settled an investor lawsuit about its role in the financial implosion of Global Crossing as part of...

March 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's high court has refused to overturn a lower court ruling that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is not required to...

August 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Capital markets across the globe showed improvement during the second quarter of 2003, bringing with them improvement in the funding levels of global...

August 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While several recent studies have found declining participation and deferral rates in 401(k) plans, things are apparently a bit different in The Principal...

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A law firm hired to investigate the city of San Diego's troubled financial reporting practices has concluded that there isn't enough evidence of...

March 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has breathed new life into a lawsuit by three California men who claimed American Airlines denied them jobs as...

March 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Clients of Travelers with more than 5,000 workers can now offer auto and homeowners insurance packages via payroll deduction programs.