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January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state judge has blocked a March 2004 voter referendum that would have tossed out a law requiring employers to provide health-care...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's Financial Communications is rolling out a line of products designed to help 529 college savings plan providers educate investors about...

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's accounting rulemakers could put the always hot-button issue of pension accounting rules back on the table in a big way at...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants of retirement savings plans administered by American Express Retirement Services will now have lifecycle funds among their investment options.

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - December's downward trend in planned job cuts proved indicative of the year, as 2003's layoff total was 16% lower than the previous year's...

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants have to prove their plan assets are being held in a trust for their benefit in order to shelter those assets from...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the issue of participants overloading their retirement plan accounts with company stock still very much in play, T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan...

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) has filed suit against a Southern California supermarket chain for allegedly hiring back striking grocery...

June 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of plan sponsors appear to be increasingly enamored about the use of alternative investments in pension plans, and given their...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enterprise Capital Management, Inc. announced that it will manage, distribute and market the 529 college savings plan sponsored by the state of Texas.

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There were 5.3 cases of nonfatal injuries or illnesses per 100 full time workers in the United States in 2002.

June 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension fund, the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), has announced plans to increase its hedge fund investments.

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) is offering employers some advice on how to avoid paying overtime costs if expected new regulations go...

June 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - British pension fund assets will rise 40% to £1.41 trillion by 2012 as savers are required to boost assets for their retirement, according...

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If lawmakers do not move fast on defined benefit issues such as interest rate reform, employers may opt to move away from the...

June 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Atlanta authorities have arrested two suspects in the theft of pension funds from city employees' retirement accounts.

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds may be the belle of the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) rollover right now, but current trends suggest that party may be...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Enron scandal and subsequent investigations of possible wrongdoing by a number of publicly traded companies has taken its toll on investors, a...

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blue Shield of California is offering commercial and individual subscribers up to $200 for participating in a new online health incentive pilot program.

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California state law may protect workers over 40 from discrimination in hiring, firing, demotion, and suspension, but not in the awarding of benefits,...