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August 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can now compare their benefits programs against national averages with a free benefits benchmarking guide from Principal.

August 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California employers are a step closer to dealing with a state law giving workers paid time off from work to care for a...

August 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent corporate reform legislation has effectively frozen the use of split-dollar life insurance policies, a popular compensation tool for executives.

August 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OK, it doesn't have a THING to do with being a plan sponsor. But British scientists have apparently worked out a formula that...

August 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A steelworkers' union representing laid off Ohio steelworkers isn't accepting without a fight that the federal private pension insurer won't pay "shutdown pensions"...

August 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds continued to expand their presence in the US convertibles market in 2004, while hedge funds made up a smaller portion of...

July 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The judge in the Enron bankruptcy case is still trying to decide who will pay the trustee fees for the bankrupt energy-trader's retirement...

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors electing the alternative deficit reduction contribution (DRC) have received guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the proper notification of...

July 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Oregon state Senate committee temporarily turned aside a proposal for the legislature to seek authority for a general-obligation bond sale to refinance...

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former health-care plan participant may pursue an equitable estoppel claim for lifetime health-care benefits.

July 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Oregon state Senate committee temporarily turned aside a proposal for the legislature to seek authority for a general-obligation bond sale to refinance...

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead of a similar ongoing debate among U.S. regulators and lawmakers, Britain's financial regulator on Friday limited soft dollar commission payments...

July 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Media giant Knight Ridder has eased restrictions on participants' handling of company stock in their 401(k) accounts.

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unitized Managed Accounts are now directly available to financial advisors, TRUSTlynx announced.

July 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Connecticut jury has convicted Triumph Capital Group and its general counsel on eight federal charges of bribery in connection kickbacks to former...

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies looking for ways to improve their workers nutritional habits have a new Web-based tool at their disposal.

July 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US investor-owned power and gas companies should be able to weather the pension storm bedeviling most employers these days, according to a new...

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The long slumbering U.S. job production machine continued its trek back to life in April with the second straight month of super-healthy employment...

July 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The newest addition to the investment advisory service world has opened its doors for business - Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP.

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) said worker productivity rose at a 3.5% annual rate in the first quarter of 2004.