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December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corning Inc.'s defined contribution plan committee did not breach members' fiduciary duty by not revealing potential harm to the company's stock from an...

July 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The use of corporate employee assistance program via e-mail have risen 25% in the first half of 2004, compared with the same period...

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Johnson & Johnson's recently filed 8-K report has revealed a contribution of $750 million made to the company's US pension plan in December,...

July 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than four in 10 (43%) corporations with more than 20,000 workers assign employees to read the firm's outgoing e-mail.

December 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An agreement has been reached that will allow bondholders of bankrupt UAL Corp, the parent company of United Airlines, to resume selling of...

November 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has completed its acquisition of Federated Insurance's group retirement business.

November 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A fixed-income and small- and mid-cap equities investment manager are the latest mutual fund managers to leave embattled Putnam Investments.

November 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina's treasurer said he would insist that mutual funds and others handling the state's $58 billion in retirement money provide better disclosure...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US bankruptcy judge hearing WorldCom's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has green lighted a $25-million employee retention plan.

October 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ousted PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway is defending his and PeopleSoft's defensive tactics in response to a hostile bid by Oracle Corporation.

October 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A decision about the fate of United Airlines' pension plans should be made within two months, the air carrier told employees this week.

October 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Sentinel Financial Services Company has agreed with the NASD to pay over $650,000 in fines for failing to prevent market timing in...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blue Cross of California has introduced a new short-term Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan.

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One place executives of underperforming companies continue to get hit hard is in the value of their unexercised stock options, according to a...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exxon Mobil's pension plan is not underfunded, but the energy giant's pension expenses were up about $50 million in the third quarter from...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attorneys at the 2002 Annual Conference of the American Society of Pension Actuaries gave some practical tips for fiduciaries in complying with ERISA,...

October 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with fresh accusations being leveled at the newly appointed federal accounting board chairman he backed, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman...

September 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ripple effect of a spreading investigation into mutual and hedge fund trading improprieties continues to wash through the financial services industry with...

July 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though Florida Governor Jeb Bush has long been a proponent of outsourcing state jobs to the private sector, state agencies interested in...

September 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With pension liabilities weighing heavily on the financial well-being of most major air carriers, and the future of those benefits at risk, the...