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October 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With its chief executive officer slated to step down later this fiscal year because of an unspecified "medical condition" resulting from an undescribed...

October 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The queue of unemployed Americans applying for first-time jobless benefits last week was the shortest it has been since February, the government reported.

October 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total mutual fund assets spiked 10.3% higher worldwide during the second quarter of 2003.

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation has been introduced in the United States Senate to amend the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of domestic partner...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Admitting that tax laws can be "complex," the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has rolled out new materials to assist small businesses and plan...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to temporarily replace the current pension fund liability benchmark until a permanent...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OnlineBenefits Inc has acquired two benefits outsourcing businesses and established a new subsidiary - Benergy Outsourcing Strategies (OS).

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefit software solutions provider DataPath has uncorked a new employee health benefits card platform designed to work like a consumer credit card.

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express Retirement Services has expanded its Financial Education and Planning Services program to cover rising health-care costs and the financial constraints this...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Personnel managers looking for ways to cope with employee losses due to the nation's ageing workforce may want to consider a Web application...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 15,000+ participants in Northern Capital Trust's (NCT) retirement plan will have access to the MasteryPOINT Financial Technologies' Guidance Plus (GP) online investment...

August 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JP Morgan plans to help plan sponsors better sharpen their pencils by expanding its expertise with the acquisition of one of the industry's...

August 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse Group is merging some hedge fund operations, and in the process forming one of the world's biggest single hedge fund of...

August 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A major socially conscious investment firm has added a new set of corporate governance and business ethics guidelines to its social investment criteria.

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the seventh month in a row, the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index produced a positive return, up 1.01% in September.

August 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - British aircraft engine-maker Rolls-Royce PLC announced that the unfunded portion of its pension fund may be as large as $1.5 billion due to...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly a quarter of companies participating in a new survey got slapped with a hike in their health-care plan costs of more than...

August 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sungard Employee Benefit Systems, SunGard Corbel and Ameritrade have linked up to offer SunGard recordkeeping clients access to an integrated self-directed brokerage option...

October 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers' efforts to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare would lead to more employers dropping retiree health coverage, a new study concludes.

August 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than two-thirds (71%) of respondents to a new survey say they would like have a payroll deduction option for college savings, but...