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January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Week one of the Enron hearings provided few insights - but a fair amount of finger-pointing - about the activities and events of...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of former Enron employees have banded together to form the Severed Enron Employees Coalition (SEEC). The coalition has filed a class...

January 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have proposed allowing Northwest Airlines to contribute stock of a regional affiliate airline to its pension plans instead of cash.

January 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) plan to issue a joint report early next month...

April 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Two key lawmakers have added their names to the list calling on the Securities and Exchange to exercise caution in implementing its proposed "hard...

January 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Full Time Solutions (FTS) will launch its Internet payroll and human-resource recordkeeping system on Friday, the company announced.

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.

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A full third of employees are not particularly impressed with their boss, which translates to a generally negative view on the job market.

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not surprisingly given the current health-care environment, most workers are digging deeper into their pockets these days to pay for their workplace health...

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 60% of large employers are likely to offer their employees Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), according to a Hewitt Associates study.

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans may lose an hour of sleep this weekend, but their employers could lose a lot more than that.

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a quarter (27%) of all companies in a new survey expect to increase the amount of work sent offshore while 61%...

March 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds continued their rise in February, gaining $97 billion, following January's 1.6% increase.