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April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether Franklin Covey acted properly by loaning managers money to buy company shares, according to...

April 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Textron Inc has issued a May Day alert to its nonunion employees: the company's 401(k) match is coming to an end.

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's yet another post-Enron pension protection bill on the horizon, this one introduced last week by Senators John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) and Olympia Snowe...

April 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several mutual funds from the Vanguard Group have alleged in a lawsuit that Citibank and Salomon Smith Barney fraudulently convinced fund managers to...

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit plan participants will get between 15 and 45 days notice before implementation of significant plan changes likely to cut future benefit...

November 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefits consultants have a new offering from Benelogic to consider offering real-time access to benefits data along with a suite of management...

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewlett-Packard Co. executives knew as late as a few days before its March 19 shareholder vote on its proposed acquisition of Compaq Computer...

November 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CitiStreet has released a print-on-demand solution allowing plan sponsors flexibility in customizing and targeting defined contribution plan communications.

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Florida State Board of Administration released a recommendation to move forward with a suit against Alliance Capital Management Holding for losing some...

November 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Retirement Services and Scudder Investments have added some new bells-and-whistles to the Scudder Flex Plan, a retirement plan targeted to the small...

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lucent Technologies will allow employees to trade their stock options - most of which are priced well above the current market value -...

November 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Eaton Vance mutual funds are getting broader investing mandates.

March 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's (S&P) has introduced a new tool oriented specifically for the advisor community, providing data and analysis into Standard & Poor's...

March 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Analog Devices Inc's proposal to expense stock options has been defeated by the company's shareholders.

November 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fiduciary Analytics has released a fiduciary evaluation tool to determine the suitability of a portfolio of mutual funds for 401(k) plans, smaller foundations...

March 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has completed the sale of stocks in three emerging markets.

November 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ComPsych Corporation has launched a new service that receives and processes employee reports of potential accounting misconduct by public companies.

March 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Converting to a cash balance plan with a "wear-away" provision to cut off participants' anticipated benefits does not violate ERISA's prohibition on forfeiture...

November 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds series will be seven portfolios larger soon.

March 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), looking down the barrel of an $18.3-million budget shortfall, is considering sending its 2,783 employees on an...