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May 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express Retirement Services took a dive into the mid-size defined contribution plan market Tuesday with the unveiling of its new targeted plan...

May 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies with double-digit growth have employee engagement levels 20% higher then their lower-growth peers.

May 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mass layoffs in the first quarter of 2004 were the lowest for a first quarter since 2000.

May 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - April saw increased flow into equity and balanced mutual funds.

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aetna has released a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) for use by retirees.

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has launched the S&P Equity Long/Short Index, the index and research company announced.

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced it is now offering a Health Savings Account (HSA) option in conjunction with the...

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has launched a new United States equity product for use in United Kingdom (UK) pension funds.

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HedgeFund.net and FinLab SA have signed a data distribution agreement.

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New federal overtime rules have generated some controversy - but they won't take effect in all states at the same time.

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has released a report and summary of the National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee (NESTEG) Bill of...

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has given a paraplegic the right to sue Tennessee under the federal American With Disability Act (ADA).

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have a new information source about their retirement plans - an electronic newsletter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though forced CEO departures declined in 2003, involuntary turnover remains at near-record levels, a new survey found

May 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boeing has hammered out a financial settlement in a class-action gender discrimination suit brought by 28,000 current and former female workers.

May 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary reports show the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posting a decrease for April of 1.1%, a deterioration from March's 0.4% advance.

May 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A congressional bill placing severe limits on the extent of mandatory stock option expensing has passed it first legislative hurdle.

May 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (57%) of U.S. private-sector workers had access to a retirement plan in 2003, according to government data.

May 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies can save as much as $7 million in health-care costs simply by getting their tubby couch potatoesque workers to exercise a few...

May 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A well-known markets watcher and Princeton University economist is raising new doubts about most hedge fund performance data, although it isn't yet clear...