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July 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal private pension insurer announced it intends to take over a 52%-funded pension plan for a Minnesota steel component manufacturer.

July 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House of Representatives Workforce Protections Subcommittee has passed three bills aimed at rewarding small business good-faith efforts to comply with the...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Before the dust has even had a chance to settle surrounding the US House of Representatives markup of HR 1776, a new report...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the final hours before Enron Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection, the company awarded executives and others in the company $72 million in...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - People may be working longer hours, but they are also continuing to socialize with their co-workers.

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunTrust Banks, Inc. has tapped Brenda Seliga as senior vice president and manager of its Retirement Services Division.

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A year and a half after he was named by Chief Executive John Mack to join Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Jeffrey Peek...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health plan with more than $30 million in annual out-of-area and out-of-network charges have a new savings program to consider.

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AssetMark Investment Services, Inc. has announced the launch of its new hedged mutual fund portfolios aimed at providing protection from interest rate fluctuations.

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CHAMBERplan for Retirement, AIG SunAmerica's turnkey 401(k) plan designed for small to medium-sized businesses, has expanded its investment line-up.

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The settling of old debts from a deceased participant's employer sponsored health plan has a statue of limitations; that once expired, bar the...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has shot down Circuit City's mandatory arbitration contract for the third time in 18 months.

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Encouraging returns from the broad-based equity markets have not yet rippled into one-year returns among private equity offerings, which slid for the ninth...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A ray of sunshine is peaking through the corporate bond default storm clouds of 2002 - the number of debt issuers in default...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online recruiter HotJobs has added new tools that are designed to help job seekers and recruiters find each other more easily, including a...

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is a significant gender gap between male and female MBAs - particularly in their workplace goals, according to a new poll.

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many US companies were unprepared to meet Sarbanes-Oxley's initial deadline for imposing fairness and accuracy controls on their financial reporting, a new survey...

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal officials have gone to court to force three companies to withhold federal taxes from employee paychecks.

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Having a formal strategy in place to govern human resources operations can pay off handsomely for HR executives and their companies, a new...

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows to equity and balanced funds exceeded $25 billion in June, the third month in a row of strong stock market demand.