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November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current and former Iowa state troopers chalked up another victory in their battle for back pay as the state's high court ruled that...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has announced enhancements to its plan sponsor e-mail service, including the addition of a once-a-week e-mail summary of important...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Healthcare has teamed up with Mellon Financial's Resources & Investor Solutions to offer a health savings account (HSA) for employer-sponsored health plans.

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the 30 days before the Presidential election, 401(k) plan participants moved assets from stocks to fixed income, but didn't exactly do it...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Connecticut state pension fund, wracked by computer troubles and an increasingly large amount of retirees, had a negative operating cash flow of...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian employers who offer defined contribution (DC) plans overwhelmingly feel that providing access to financial advice to employees will be a necessity in...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Statistics released regarding private industry benefits shows that only 53% of workers had access to defined contribution (DC) plans in March, signaling that...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that some say signals a significant trend with health care benefits, the nation's fourth-largest bank, Wachovia Corp., has given workers...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal government officials have proposed allowing employers to launch "phased retirement" arrangements where workers would gradually reduce their workload as they transition to...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have released a document at the request of the...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond orders for mutual funds sales are the latest questionable transaction to catch the eye of the Securities and Exchange Commission...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As high-tech companies are running out of stock options, the stage is set for how they will defend their current practice of not...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it appears in the US Bankruptcy Court on Monday, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) hopes to be awarded between $12 million...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to settle three discrimination lawsuits for a total nearing $50 million, according to a Securities and...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by Putnam Investments shows that recently retired Americans are often cash-strapped and worried about finances, but still are overwhelmingly satisfied...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Illinois federal judge has ruled that the federal anti-discrimination agency may move forward with its sexual harassment claims on behalf of any...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median master trust showed slightly positive gains in the third quarter, with larger trusts performing better than their smaller counterparts.

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal Reserve policy makers continued on their interest-rate raising ways as they jacked up US rates by a quarter percentage point for the...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CSFB' Fund Linked Product Group, in tandem with the company's Hedge Fund Investments Group, has launched a series of investment products for both...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wilmington, Delaware-based PFPC Inc. announced that it will now service health savings accounts (HSAs).