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July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those who want to express their affinity for socially responsible companies through their investments can still do so and make a few dollars...

June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - San Diego's public pension board has okayed a lawsuit settlement pact with retirees after members voted to clear some trustees of conflicts of...

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has introduced a Health Savings Account (HSA) product.

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has thrown out a terminated employee's lawsuit against his former employer over continuing health-care coverage notice problems, ruling the worker...

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal district court has held a third-party administrator (TPA) did not use proper discretion in retracting health benefits paid to a former...

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has $75 million in unclaimed pension benefits the agency is trying to reunite with the 26,000 beneficiaries.

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued instructions on how tax filers are to report 2004 distributions from a health savings account (HSA)...

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For 38% of workers the job market looks enticing, as they plan on trying their luck at finding at new position the next...

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The all-important domestic job market - long considered a prime engine of the US economy - had a surprisingly weak month in July...

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds had a tough time in July with two separate reports showing hedge fund indices ending the month in negative territory.

June 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp. (GM) is issuing approximately $10 billion in debt securities and convertible debentures as the company seeks to close the holes...

June 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Late 1990s stock prices for the average Standard & Poor's 500 firm with a defined benefit pension plan, were puffed up by 2%...

June 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite recent gains in the broader markets, pension costs continue to escalate and further erode already weakened pension fund balances

May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's (S&P) is notifying investors of two factors that merit consideration when evaluating S&P 500 index funds.

May 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Religious organizations are joining together to form uniform standards for corporations to follow on issues such as sweatshop labor, pollution control and access...

August 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers in the US are worried about a negative impact on the economy due to offshoring, but business say the practice is paying...

August 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 17.2% of companies in a new survey said more than third of their workforce will be newly-eligible for overtime pay under the...

August 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Washington state judge has ruled barring same-sex marriages serves no "state interest" and violates the constitutional right of these couples to due...

August 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City has become one of the latest municipalities requiring city contractors to offer domestic partner benefits to their employees; leaving plan...

August 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron Corp., is waging a new battle against the private pension plan insurer to keep the agency from taking over four of the...