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September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At 10.6%, even federal employees are not immune to double-digit health-care cost increases next year.

September 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian employers see performance measurement and market benchmarking as the most important compensation issues in 2004.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An amendment made to a retiree medical benefit plan to exclude workers younger than 50 years of age was not in violation of...

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allstate Insurance Co. has asked a Philadelphia federal judge to dismiss the current age discrimination suit pending against the company.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court apparently won't get the chance to dig its legal teeth into a meaty ERISA pre-emption controversy that has been...

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Government plan sponsors now have another place to turn to get helpful tips about how to better fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Profit sharing and 401(k) plans remain popular investment choices for the majority of eligible employees, even if deferral rates have slipped in recent...

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants investing through Schwab's Personal Choice Retirement Account (PCRA) ran with the bulls during the second quarter, taking stronger mutual fund and...

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One in five US employers expects to beef up their fourth-quarter hiring, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies that wielded the job-cutting axe during the recession increasingly targeted recently hired managers and executives, a new study found.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The State Retirement Agency of Maryland has tapped Steven Huber as its new chief investment officer.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal Reserve interest-rate cutters may have sore shoulders from their recent axe wielding to drive short-term rates to a 45-year-low, but Tuesday they...

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has sentenced to prison the former president of a Fort Worth aviation services company for stealing $107,122 from the firm's...

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary results show the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index handily beat out its July showing with a 1% August return.

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants are finding better news in their 401(k) statements, but new participants may be getting the wrong message.

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Emerging Markets led the way to the CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index's 0.76% August gain.

September 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Van Global Hedge Fund Index posted a 1.7% net gain in August, according to Van Hedge Fund Advisors International.

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Given the recent - and sustained - trends in health-care costs and coverage, plan sponsors may not be surprised to find that consumers...

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California legislature has given its approval to Senate Bill 2 to provide greater health insurance coverage to workers in the Golden State.

September 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has directed the Illinois Special Advocate to draft a plan for buying prescription medications from Canada for as many...