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October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New rules imposing a 20% excise tax on golden parachute payments actually kicked in this summer, even though they won't fully go into...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ERISA Lawyers in Mid-Atlantic states may get a clear legal signal after all about whether ERISA-case plaintiffs can also sue under Pennsylvania's bad-faith...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill to safeguard the privacy of genetic information and bar discrimination in health insurance...

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.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Formal stock ownership policies for executives are on the rise as companies look to these policies as good corporate governance moves.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The stress levels in the American workplace continue to climb with increasing numbers of workers fretting over losing their job.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though lower than rates seen in 2003, the forecast for 2004's health-care rates shows the fifth year in a row of double-digit...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A manager whose direct reports, peers or supervisors are largely female and whose peers and supervisors are younger typically gets a smaller paycheck,...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an indication of how critical many workers consider it is to have adequate health-care coverage, more than half of respondents in a...

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care cost increases in 2004 are expected to be at 12.6%, a decrease from 2003's 14.7%.

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Bristol, Connecticut business is using its 401(k) and insurance plans to affect change in the way financial firms outsource jobs overseas.

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut has agreed to keep Putnam Investments as the manager of some international assets in its pension funds - on the condition the...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) saw an 81% rise in profits from the end of 2001 to the close of 2002.

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)— On average, in the last fiscal year, stock options at life sciences companies equaled 2.6% of the company's total shares outstanding, a decrease from...

December 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) is scheduled to consider a recommendation next week to hire a pool of three transition managers to...

December 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital fundraising appears to be on the rise with 52% of venture capital firms worldwide planning to raise another fund before the...

November 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Having come under fierce attacks for their performance and spending habits, Ohio's public pension funds may have yet another obstacle to overcome if...

November 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With comment letters pouring in, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will hold an open board meeting Tuesday to discuss pension disclosure and...

November 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ripples of the Canary Capital Partners' mutual fund trading scandal continue to ripple across the financial services industry as two high-ranking officials...