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October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former retirement services executive at Manulife USA has been named to take over a key marketing slot at ADP Retirement Services.

October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment benefits fell for the second straight week in a hopeful sign for job seekers.

October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funds with lower portfolio turnover fared better than their higher turnover counterparts - at least over the longer term, according to new research.

October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Social security recipients can expect a 2% cost-of-living raise starting in January.

October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - That off-hours job might not be a pain in the neck, but could be one in the stomach, heart, lungs and marriage.

October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With health-care cost inflation running at 14.3% annually, nearly half of the respondents in a recent poll said they're changing their health plan...

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has rolled out its version of a consumer-driven health plan.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund database provider HedgeFund.net has partnered up with financial software provider Zephyr Associates.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has released a 401(k) plan for small businesses.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thomson Financial is beefing up its Thomson Architec(k) retirement education and planning program with certain modules of OLTIS Software's Finance Logix.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Questions of fact still remain in a case involving a terminated employee's Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) benefits, thus precluding summary judgment.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds were up 1.20% in September.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the broader markets turned down last month, so too did the flow of 401(k) participant money into equity investments.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual Retirement Services has tapped Ian Sheridan as vice president and head of its marketing unit.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is calling on the state's citizens to persuade the US Food and Drug Administration to reverse course on its...

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Don't look for a dramatic increase in small-business hiring anytime this year, a new poll found.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of the 20 largest defined contribution plan sponsors intend to provide their participants with a managed account option by the end...

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies still trying to make sure their Sarbanes-Oxley ducks are lined up in a neat row may want to consider a new online...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant investors struggling to make retirement plan investing decisions now have the option of having someone do it for them, courtesy of a...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services has released The Fiduciary Planning Kit to help retirement plan sponsors fulfill their fiduciary obligations.