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November 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers on Capital Hill weighed into the often-contentious debate over stock option expensing by introducing a US Senate measure requiring companies to expense...

October 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Securities Canada Inc. has agreed to pay C$2.1 million to settle charges that it was 'double printing', an action that artificially inflates...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most American workers are resentful of domestic businesses that offshore jobs.

October 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a recent regulatory filing, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has subpoenaed information from an investment-advisory subsidiary of Gabelli Asset Management...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in W.R. Grace & Co's 401(k) have filed a class-action suit, alleging the company breached its fiduciary duty when it failed to...

October 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plans that have been impacted by - or think they may have been impacted by - the alleged mutual fund trading scandals...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the trend smacks of a return to the go-go 1990s, signs that the number of former executives starting their own business has...

October 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The high-tech industry's well of employee stock options is running dry and tech's top brass appear content not to refill its waters.

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.5%.

October 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Months of scare headlines about a potential pension funding crisis in the defined benefit world have gotten the unwavering attention of corporate boards...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA HealthCare has launched new eligibility and enrollment capabilities for its online benefits "control panel" CIGNAaccess.com.

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - William Peach may have been asked to travel between Michigan and Texas for several weeks, but he was not formally relocated so he...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An insurance plan provider did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in denying a plan beneficiary's claim for benefits after...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released model 457 plan amendment documents.

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Three former pension trustees and officers have been sentenced in federal district court in Portland, Oregon for activity associated with accepting gratuities from...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small and mid-sized employers cut benefits in their health plans in 2003, holding the cost increase to 9.8% among employers with fewer than...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of all workers (49%) say their employer has not communicated any special plans or procedures in case of an attack.

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most business executives do not view the confines of the C-suite as their dream job, as they daydream about positions in entertainment and...

October 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), by a narrow margin, has rejected a staff recommendation that would have treated compensation costs from deep...

August 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most executives (58.2%) are planning on hiring during the remainder of 2004.