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April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerns over how the General Motors (GM) would fund its pension and healthcare liabilities contributed to Standard & Poor's (S&P) lowering the company's...

April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine out of 10 US companies have maintained their contributions to their defined contribution retirement plans in the last six months despite cost-reduction...

April 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A small group of Oregon public workers retiring now will get more from their state pension than they did in salary while on...

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. (PBGC), the government's pension insurance program will take over bankrupt Durango Apparel, Inc.'s defined benefit plan, which was...

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a third (38%) of large employers are making matching contributions in company stock, and the vast majority (86%) impose some type...

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Pittsburgh-based bank PNC Financial may have been the subject of a $50 million fraud, according to a report in the Financial Times.

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts' top securities regulator has launched an investigation to determine whether Polaroid forced employees to buy now-worthless stock to thwart a hostile takeover...

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment research firm, Morningstar, Inc. is enhancing Morningstar Rating, its star rating system for funds to better assist investors in fund selection.

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy judge has approved State Street's appointment as trustee for the Enron benefit plans - but who will pick up the...

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL)'s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) is unable to process around 5% of the Form 5500 Annual Reports...

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A government agency audit suggests that cash balance conversions may shortchange early retirees - but the impact of its findings may be exaggerated.

April 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A participant, who alleged his employer breached its fiduciary duty, waited too long to seek redress, according to a federal court.

October 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives has voted to oppose President Bush's proposed Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) white-collar exemption amendments.

March 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress took steps to insulate retirement programs from being 'Enron-ed' this week - but the competing bills are separated by both substance and...

October 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the amounts may be smaller than they like, the overwhelming majority of employees say, when it comes to getting paid, their...

March 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A woman who claimed she was fired after her employer refused to give her three days off to complete infertility treatments, has won...

October 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care costs are on the rise and in the season of open enrollment, few American workers are passing the benefit knowledge test with...

March 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study by the US Senate's Democratic Policy Committee says Enron had plenty of company with employees heavily invested in their employer's...

October 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small-business employees in different states could have substantially different benefits, premiums, and protections available to them, a new government report found.

March 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maryland's state retirement fund could be out $4 million because a former investment advisor committed millions of pension dollars to shares of its...