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July 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smith Barney's Consulting Group is adding some more products to its managed money menu of financial services.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An uneven economy and employers hesitant to commit to more than they can afford are being fingered for another year of sub-par pay...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two federal agencies are joining forces with a series of community groups to launch a new effort to help educate both Asian American...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies interested in relocating employees as a cost-saving move are increasingly developing customized relocation packages targeted to workers' individual circumstances as well as...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number two executive at the largest full-service US brokerage is stepping down.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Continuing a three-month warming trend, the combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by $114.4 billion, or 1.7%, in June.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has inked the last of five bills intended to reform the small business health insurance market through stabilizing costs...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trustees for the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are battening down the hatches in anticipation of a maelstrom of legal challenges to the...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A South Carolina doctors' group has asked the US Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that Congress didn't give away...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has taken retailer Kmart Corp. to court with allegations the company turned away a mentally disabled...

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife USA has released a new three-pronged approach to participant retirement plan education.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial is offering plan sponsors the chance for their participants to choose funds outside their designated plan investments, without any additional fees.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Investment Management's MainStay Funds have enhanced their web site to help investors navigate life's milestones.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Staffing firm Manpower has launched a new Web-based tool to strengthen the human resource function for small and mid-size US businesses.

July 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has formally introduced Northern Trust Event Analyst, an automated, investment-monitoring tool that allows clients to select and monitor distinct classes of...

July 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers looking for a better way to conduct an open enrollment season may want to consider a new product from a Norwalk,...

July 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Standard Insurance Company has upgraded its Retirement Planning Center Web site for participants with a series of enhancements.

July 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Act will have to wait until after the August congressional recess to learn its fate.

July 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A plan participant who filed a fiduciary breach suit against a financial advisor isn't bound by a mandatory arbitration provision of an agreement...

July 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Approximately a third of corporate financial professionals are now being asked to "subcertify" data used in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports, as...