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Prudential Relocation Enhances Renter Product

September 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Relocation has teamed up with apartment building owner Equity Residential and Chamness Relocation Services to enhance its rental relocation policies.
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Manulife Provides Advisor 529 Estate Tax Tool

September 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial advisors handling the Manulife College Savings 529 plan can now use a new calculator to show investors the potential federal estate tax...
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Inaccurate Statements No Fiduciary Breach

September 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Providing an inaccurate projection of pension benefits - even over a number of years - did not constitute a fiduciary breach, according to...
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British Firm Cries "Uncle" to E-mail Deluge

September 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Like most business people these days, workers at British phone company Phones 4u have often been buried under e-mails with a scant connection...
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GE Brings Executive Comp Changes To Life

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Electric Co. (GE) has announced changes to the equity part of CEO Jeff Immelt's compensation, tying it to the company's ability to...
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Levi Strauss Hems Retiree Health Benefits

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Escalating health-care costs and financial woes have led Levi Strauss & Co. to hem retiree health benefits and cut off future retirement health...
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Jobless Claims Total Finally Heads South

September 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US job market watchers finally got a positive sign from the government's weekly unemployment claims data with a 29,000 claims drop last week...
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Tremont Launches Insurers' Hedge Fund Lineup

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tremont Partners, a subsidiary of Tremont Capital Management, Inc., has pulled back the curtain on a new hedge fund platform of single manager...
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HR Says Hiring Is Picking Up

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If it hasn't already, most human resource professionals expect hiring in their company to pick up within the next year.