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December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If participants in Putnam Investments' defined contribution plans forget to regularly boost their retirement savings, the fund company will do it for them...

December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Memphis-based banking company will offer services by HR Consultant Ceridian in its package of financial management, protection, and administrative offerings for small...

December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After two straight weeks of heading north, the number of jobless workers applying for first-time benefits headed south in a big way last...

December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A down market for the first part of November and the flood of news about the ongoing fund trading scandal still couldn't stop...

December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows to equity and balanced-type funds exceeded $25 billion in November.

December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - M. David Testa, the vice chairman and chief investment officer at T. Rowe Price, is resigning his posts.

December 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Burlington, Vermont's mayor has unveiled a plan to reimport prescription drugs from Canada for city employees by March 1, 2004.

December 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Investment Management LLC (NYLIM) has retooled its CollegeSense 529 to enhance its 529 rollover feature and set up systematic exchanges...

December 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - To help mutual fund shareholders understand how to get "breakpoint" discounts, federal officials have proposed forcing fund companies to more clearly explain their...

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three out of 10 (32%) employees say their company seems congenial, even conflict free, yet still resists meaningful change, when labeling...

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers may be starting the new year with some new employees.

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Customer service and technical support operations continue to be burdened with tight budgets and salaries that have been largely flat during 2003, a...

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lord Abbett & Co. LLC., has brought on a five-member team of equity managers from Credit Suisse Asset Management to run the firm's...

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's pension insurer on Tuesday blamed $77 million in 2002 lump-sum payouts as a contributing factor to an "extraordinarily" underfunded Kaiser Aluminum...

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vanguard Group has released a new 401(k) program for plan sponsors that incorporates all aspects of retirement planning.

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide and the US Small Business Administration are teaming up for a new education effort aimed at helping small business owners learn more...

December 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small companies now have another 401(k) provider to consider with word that Wells Fargo is unveiling a K plan product.

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former Harrah's Reno bartender fired for not wearing makeup has taken her sex-discrimination battle to a federal appeals court.

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The holiday season is certainly merry and bright this year - at least for the employees of a Pittsfield, Maine shoe plant.

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Having a certified public accountant (CPA) license is no small thing when it comes to an accountant's salary, since those having the license...