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August 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's is predicting that for the first time in two years, capital expenditures for the S&P 500 are expected to be...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund investors laid low in July, refusing to move money in any substantial way, thus generating very small net flows results, according...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first case of its kind in the country, a Seattle man has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the confidentiality...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Vermont announced on Thursday that it was suing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its imported prescription drug policy.

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most common mistake made by senior executives in their first 100 days is the failure to establish strategic priorities, according to a...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A state of Washington federal judge has upheld a 1996 law defining marriage as taking place between a man and a woman.

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rx Depot, an Oklahoma-based company forced to close last year for helping to import Canadian prescription drugs, gave up its bid yesterday to...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Employer Services on Monday unveiled the latest version of its ezLaborManager system, an online time and attendance program aimed at small and...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State-registered investment advisers seeking investment manager status under federal benefits law must register electronically through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD).

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reopened the comment period yesterday on a 1999 rule proposal that focuses on the application of the...

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - E*TRADE Financial has signed an agreement with Wealth Management Systems, Inc. (WMSI), to use WMSI's Rollover Solutions Network (RSN).

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Society of Actuary's (SOA) Pension Section has launched the Retirement Probability Analyzer software.

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the increased coverage devoted to same-sex benefit policies, human resource departments have not had a flood of questions coming from their workforce.

August 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling for a new program in California to offer drug discounts to the uninsured as an alternative to importing...

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly nine out of 10 (88%) companies said creating employee ownership through an ESOP (employee stockownership plan) was "a good decision that has...

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Each of America's 50 largest financial institutions uses one or more nonqualified plans to help retain and attract key employees.

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer-directed health care (CDHC) - high-deductible plans which have recently generated much enthusiasm in Washington and elsewhere - may not actually lower costs,...

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and financial advice provider GuidedChoice have implemented free advice for participants in more than 100 retirement plans.

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Appreciation of a pension payout awarded at the end of one marriage is not subject to division at the end of a second...

August 19, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have provided guidance on the restrictions that are placed on plan amendments following an employer's...