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February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Scholar'sEdge529 college-saving program has a new look these days.

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 33% of the companies acquired in the buying spree of the late nineties are up for sale, and 32% of the dealmakers...

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JP Morgan Chase & Co is close to initiating a mutual fund that invests in the new age style of behavioral finance.

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although the Enron collapse has made workers more aware of their retirement savings, it has not garnered support for greater regulation, a poll...

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Synhrgy HR Technologies, Inc has unveiled a new product to assist employers in managing employee absences.

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) said yesterday that while it will sell assets in certain emerging market countries that do not...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citibank Global Securities Services has upgraded and put on the Web its compliance monitoring system for US pension fund clients, the company said.

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Richard Cherry, the chief investment officer of Utah's $11.5 billion public employee retirement fund, is being investigated for allegedly making "personal investments that...

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Consumer Price Index (CPI), an economic indicator widely used by pension plans and social security officials to gauge inflation is undergoing changes...

February 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nextrom Inc. has agreed to acquire an Irvine, California foreign currency exchange trader.

October 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hurricane Isabel continued to bedevil the jobless claims recordkeeping system as lagging claims from mid-September finally hit - driving up the latest government...

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ameritas Group wants benefits managers to know that its new Discount Dental program is not insurance.

January 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Supreme Court justices declined to review a case involving the amount of death benefits due the family of a Massachusetts police officer who...

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tremont's TASS has beefed up its hedge fund database and will soon unveil online access to that data, making it easier for managers...

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Company has announced its US pension fund ended 2002 $7.3 billion underfunded.

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alabama state law does not entitle defined benefit plan participants of a bankrupt company to draw unemployment and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)...

January 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Taking the view that the ownership and control of clearing and settlement exchanges should remain separate, UBS will move some of its business...

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Armed with a US Supreme Court endorsement of workplace arbitration, a federal appeals court has ruled that employers can force workers to sign...

January 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In court papers filed as part of beleaguered retailer Kmart Corp.'s bankruptcy petition, the company signaled a desire to avoid being ensnared in...

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has extended its global outsourcing reach with its acquisition of IBM's global human resources and payroll software applications.