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September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees covered by 401(k) plans tend to stay in the labor force 15 months longer than if they were covered by a defined...

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Justice Department has joined the Medco Health Solutions Inc., lawsuit group, filing a civil complaint seeking unspecified monetary damages and a permanent...

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Knock on the door of many American homes these days and you may well find "Mr. Mom" inside cleaning and taking care of...

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Massachusetts State Representative Byron Rushing wants Bay State laws to prevent workplace discrimination against overweight employees.

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With prescription drug purchases from Canada on the political hot plate, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said nearly 90% of the imported...

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial advisors and separately managed account (SMA) and mutual fund wrap sponsors now have access to FOLIOfn, Inc's open-ended mutual fund offering on...

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CPA firms will soon be able to buy a payroll services package designed for them by a Rochester, New York payroll services company...

September 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DST Retirement Solutions has been tapped to provide recordkeeping services for Manulife Financial's Retirement Select 401(k) product offered through third party administrators (TPA).

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health insurance premiums paid by families have decreased 8.1%, to $91 per family member per month within the last six months.

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investment Group has named a trio of new senior managers to its ranks.

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in exchange-traded funds (ETF) rose slightly in August to $117.38 from $117.06 billion the previous month.

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial is helping registered representatives to understand the ins and outs of their qualified plan business with a free educational Webcast.

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Black Diamond Asset Management has launched the second series of mutual funds utilizing capital allocation of alternative investments to pursue absolute returns with...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants with questions surrounding their defined contribution plans have a new resource to turn to from MindLeaders - 401(k)s For Dummies: 401(k) Plan...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Benefit Advisors (UBA), a consortium of independent benefit advisory firms, has beefed up its rolls of partnership firms and added new resources...

September 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has come out with formal recommendations on a range of new rules for hedge funds, in...

September 29, 2003 (PLANPSPONSOR.com) - Springfield Massachusetts' mayor is asking the city's retirement board to put its money where his mouth is by selling all the city's pension...

September 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While defined benefit plans' equity holdings remain slightly overweighted, don't expect a dramatic rebalancing just yet.

September 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stung by the bear market, increasing numbers of 529 college savings plan participants are opting for a DC plan staple - stable-value investments.

September 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If workers seem increasingly prone to throwing an office hissy fit, it could be because they're stressed out over the flood of bad...