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December 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian pensioners will receive a slight boost in their Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits, with a 1.7% increase set for 2005.

December 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While nearly half of employees in a survey said they were concerned about outliving their retirement savings (49%), almost a third haven't yet...

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-one percent of US households are saving enough for retirement, according to a paper by economists working with the National Bureau of Economic...

December 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems has added new Cash Balance Pension Plan Document generation capabilities to its Retirement Plan Document software, according to the...

December 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has ruled that Halliburton cannot change retiree health benefits for a company it purchased in 1998 unless it wants to...

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch is launching its first registered hedge-fund product amid growing interest in alternative investments among institutional investors.

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A government task force studying prescription drug importation has concluded that a system of bringing in lower-cost drugs from Canada and other places...

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health premiums for Californian workers rose 11.4% in 2004, less than last year's 15.8% but still slightly above the national average.

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National Football League players are asking their union to get them lifetime health care benefits in their next contract.

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch has won a key UK sex discrimination case brought against it by a former executive, who had accused the investment bank...

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has sent letters to 1,700 businesses which are plan sponsors warning of new income and excise taxes on abusive...

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA HealthCare and Massachusetts-based Tufts Health Plan Monday will together offer a national health plan for mid-size and large employers with workers in...

December 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Silver Leaf Partners has announced the launch of a prime brokerage service in conjunction with Merrill Lynch.

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 3.2 million people are expected to be enrolled in some form of account-based consumer-directed health (CDH) plan on January 1, according...

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Mets, their Chief Operating Officer, the owner's son, and the Mets' General Council have all been named in a lawsuit...

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 3M Company has intentionally discriminated against employees over age 45 in performance appraisals, training, promotions and pay because it perceives them as not...

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and balanced mutual fund 2004 inflows reached $330 billion - setting a new record level as they bested the $307 billion from...

December 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunGard Employee Benefit Systems has unveiled an automated rollover product with ProNvest, to help plan sponsors fulfill the ERISA requirement to provide a...

December 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - E-Trade Securities has announced that it will provide individual retirement accounts to 401(k) investors with assets that fall under the September amendment to...

December 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union Bank of California has announced the launch of a proprietary online trust and custody service for institutional and wealth management trust/custody accounts.