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January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a 37.5% return for 2003, the SNL Equity REIT Index has outpaced the S&P 500 for the third consecutive year.

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American investors in increasing numbers are not only more comfortable with going online, but they're doing their investing via financial Web sites, a...

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs has been a systemwide crisis in recent years, a new study finds it is particularly problematic...

February 25, 2002 - Construction firm McDermott International will change its executive compensaiton packages.

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Wall Street economists gazed into their crystal balls recently and saw a comparatively rosy 2004 employment picture in which companies...

February 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With many Americans still clinging to an unrealistic view of their income needs in retirement, the American Academy of Actuaries called for employers...

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong is starting 2004 by eliminating its pension plan contribution and suspending its matching contribution to employees' 401(k) retirement savings plans.

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is reexamining IAS 19, the rule that affects pension accounting, and has published an exposure draft of...

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal workers will get a 2004 pay raise, but it's not yet clear how big it will ultimately prove to be.

February 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is set to tap its first new board president in 10 years.

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cost of workplace problems from depressed workers - factors such as absenteeism and lost productivity - were largely flat at $52 billion,...

February 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City pension officials have saved more than $200 million for their pension funds and other Cendant Corporation shareholders after waging a...

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As if plan sponsors didn't have enough to fret about in the new year, it looks like spam e-mail about juicy topics as...

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have declined a request to review a lower court ruling in a 17-year-old discrimination case involving the Alabama Department...

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bondholders of the bankrupt WCI Steel have been given the green light to file a lawsuit to stop the beleaguered company from funneling...

February 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that could mean higher fees for plan sponsors who work with investment advisers, Charles Schwab has announced plans to double...

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a Democratic presidential contender, wants to help small companies set up pension programs.

February 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JP Morgan Investor Services has launched enhanced global proxy voting services for institutional investors to help meet their corporate governance responsibilities.

January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite opposition from both the United States House and Senate, a final rule changing the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime provisions should...

January 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UAL Corp., parent of United Airlines, has asked the judge overseeing its bankruptcy case to block State Street Bank & Trust Co. from...