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March 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors refused to relent in the rapid pace of lawsuits filed against companies alleging damaged shareholder value through either committing securities fraud or...

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's high court is expected to further clarify when employers can be sued for sexual harassment in a case involving a former...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Investment Managers is marketing a statistical arbitrage hedge fund.

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Franklin Templeton Investments is launching a new 2003 retirement sales campaign.

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2003 proxy season is full of concerns about environmental and social reform issues.

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With government data showing an uptick in fraud actions against hedge funds, US regulators are warning investors of the potential dangers in hedge...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jobs in manufacturing lost during the recent recession in the US more than likely will not be coming back.

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US companies are instituting major operational changes to their board of directors as a result of pressure to shore up their corporate governance.

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Taking another step to shore up its pension fund, Oregon's state pension board has officially adopted new rates charged to state and local...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street yesterday unveiled its operations integration plan associated with the integration of the investment servicing businesses acquired from Deutsche Bank, in Europe,...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit plan sponsors may finally be getting close to relief on getting a pension benchmark for funding calculations that more accurately measures...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two adult children of a smoker run over by a truck while on a smoke break at her Pennsylvania company's freight terminal have...

February 12, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An HIV-positive postal worker got a second chance from a recent federal appeals court ruling to sue the US Postal Service (USPS) for...

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The holiday spirit is apparently making employers more generous with their year-end leave policies, but that doesn't necessarily mean weeks of holiday partying...

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As another year of double-digit health-care cost increases loom, plan sponsors are employing a variety of approaches to deal with the challenge.

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There was good news in the latest monthly report on planned job cuts, with word that the November totals were down 42% from...

December 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has settled a lawsuit with the fiduciaries of a now bankrupt Ohio-based employer - who have waived...

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shareholders suing WorldCom and its investment banks won a legal victory when a federal judge ruled that news reports about Salomon Smith Barney's...

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's highest court has agreed to decide a case involving two former Illinois construction laborers - and the issue as to whether...

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A wireless phone service provider has agreed to fork over $4.7 million in back wages to call center employees who worked before the...