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February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) adopted a resolution on investor protections, and called on Congress and federal regulatory agencies to...

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By streamlining the flow of payroll data, increasing control, and creating end-to-end owners for payroll processes, companies can cut their payroll expenses by...

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corp. has relaxed its restrictions on when employees can sell company stock, according to a report in the Boston Globe.

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job cuts across the country in February reached their lowest level in five months.

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who fear that participants don't use the portals provided by their retirement plans can put some of those fears to rest...

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sign that the ongoing mutual fund scandal apparently hasn't scared them away from the fund space, 401(k) retirement investors with self-directed...

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron's defined benefit plan might be underfunded by $4 million rather than overfunded by $112 million, according to this morning's Wall Street Journal.

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) slowed a bit in February, as the NAREIT Composite turned in a 2.19% increase over the month -...

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Confidence among workers that they will have enough to pay their post-retirement bills may have rebounded this year, but the workers aren't doing...

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The working owner of a business may be considered a participant in the business' Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-governed retirement plan.

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron's defined benefit plan might be underfunded by $4 million rather than overfunded by $112 million, according to this morning's Wall Street Journal.

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has obtained a court order authorizing Team America, Inc., to appoint an independent fiduciary to manage and...

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A case that has potentially sweeping implications for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) reached the Supreme Court.

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidelines under which a corporation's subchapter S election will not be terminated when an employee...

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of television writers, finding it difficult to find work in a youth-oriented industry, has filed more than 23 separate class action...

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Corporate Services introduced a quarterly interactive e-mail statement, providing participants in SchwabPlan 401(k) plans access to charts, market commentary and a...

February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federated Investors has completed its review of mutual fund trading practices at the firm, and has announced a series of remedial actions as...

February 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Financial is distributing enhanced quarterly account statements to 401(k) plan participants beginning with year-end 2001 information, the company announced.

February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors have filed 185 shareholder resolutions with 131 US and Canadian companies dealing with issues ranging from corporate governance and global warming to...

March 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Executives at fast-growing companies may have dropped health-care providers from their Christmas lists, but many are still paying the entire or nearly the...