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May 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued Statement No. 150 that directs certain financial tools with traits of both debt and equity...

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the second time in two weeks, Mercer Human Resource Consulting has weighed in on the fray over the controversial cash balance pension...

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Safeway Inc's Board of Directors has announced a multitude of actions meant to strengthen the company's corporate governance.

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Using a single factor to select mutual funds may not be the best method, especially if that factor is expense ratios.

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials in Coral Gables, Florida are now deciding whether to file suit against UBS AG's (UBS) Financial Services over its role as consultant...

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's track record in funding the state's pension obligations has drawn the ire of a Chicago tax policy group.

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal legislation has been introduced to provide the self-employed and small businesses with up to 100 employees with choices among private insurance plans...

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman William Donaldson is looking at changing up the way the $7 trillion mutual fund industry is...

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc has introduced a new program offering consumers the option of obtaining up to a 90-day supply of prescription medication...

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a surprisingly bad bit of job market news, the US Department of Labor (DoL) announced Friday that there were a mere 21,000...

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary returns show the Van Global Hedge Fund Index gained 1.4% net in February.

March 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women are making inroads into upper management positions, increasing their lot 7% over to the past 12 years now making up 36.4% of...

April 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The University of California has filed a lawsuit alleging America Online (AOL) Time Warner Inc executives made approximately $936 million through insider trading...

March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workscape Inc has acquired the business of Performaworks Inc.

April 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The percentage of multiemployer defined benefit pension plans that are fully funded for their vested benefits has declined to 67% in 2002 from...

March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Financial, Inc. has launched a Web site to provide group insurance clients and their employees with access to information on topics such...

April 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Miami Police Relief and Pension Fund has been ordered to repay investors $909,000 after a federal judge found the fund allowed an...

March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has signed into law a Social Security reform bill impacting public sector employees.

April 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fiserv Inc. has agreed to pick up Wausau Benefits, a TPA for employee benefits.

March 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives is kicking off negotiations with the US Senate in an attempt to hammer out composite legislation replacing a...