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February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Ontario Superior Court has approved class-action status for members and former members of the Colgate-Palmolive Canada pension plan in an $8.1 million...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When cash balance plan guidance is handed down by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) it will be effective for fiscal years starting...

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another pension protection bill made its debut yesterday but with a focus on education, not advice, as the best means to protect workers'...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has published a fact sheet providing details about the Retirement Savings Credit.

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Speaking today at the National Saver's Summit held in Washington, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao remarked that it is imperative for Americans to...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Alaska has joined a parade of institutional investors and other shareholders in suing media giant Time Warner Inc. and subsidiary...

February 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In his speech to the attendees of the National Saver's Summit Thursday, President George W. Bush alluded to the Enron debacle by saying...

April 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compromise pension funding relief legislation hammered out at eleventh hour has been overwhelmingly approved by the U.S. House of Representatives.

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House of Representatives and Senate conferees have adopted a stopgap pension proposal that now goes to the floors of both chambers before...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is giving plan sponsors impacted by the September 11 attacks more time to make required contributions.

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless aid dipped a bit last week, according to a government report.

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA), the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released...

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the American Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shifts away from basic materials companies and into financial and health care sectors, the Dow Jones...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Simply because a General Mills forklift operator claims he is unable to work beyond an eight-hour shift doesn't make him eligible for workplace...

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) followed up 2003's stellar performance with a 12.1% return in the first quarter of 2004.

January 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OppenheimerFunds, Inc and Tremont Advisers, Inc have announced the launch of two funds of hedge funds available to tax-exempt, institutional investors.

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one in four workers say they have been the victim - or the victimizer - of an April Fool's Day prank, according...

January 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors with retirement plans at Lincoln Alliance Program can now offer participants access to the Morningstar's ClearFuture online investment information offering.

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors your questions about how to educate participants about their retirement plans have been answered: get to them while they're young.

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BenefitsCorp, Inc. has announced the launch of Educators Money, an online retirement planning service for educational institutions.