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July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) rate increases continue to be above the double-digit mark for 2004 (14%). However, if the preliminary results hold, the...

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 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Iowa's 529 college savings plan has expanded its investment lineup to 12 options from just four previously.

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Tucson, Arizona investment technology company has beefed up its recordkeeping platform to allow participants in multiple employer plans to see the data...

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in retirement plans at Fidelity Investments could be spending a lot more time online to get investment education.

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees with access to workplace health care benefits now have a new information source about the laws and rules governing employer benefit programs.

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian's Retirement Plan Services unit has added 14 State Street Research Funds to its Tier One mutual fund retirement plan offerings.

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual Retirement Services has announced three new online administrative services, including a "push" e-mail notification system that facilitates real-time plan administration for plan...

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over half the employees in Massachusetts are unhappy with their job.

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reached a settlement with Colorado Central Station Casino, Inc. (CCSC) in connection with a national...

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - George Brumley III, who was killed in a plane crash in Kenya on Saturday, was a successful young fund manager who built up...

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian Corporation has tapped Robert "Bo" Ewald as president of Human Resource Solutions, an HR outsourcing provider in the US, Canada, and the...

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee passed the proposed Portman-Cardin bill on Friday, but it wasn't pretty - and it may not "take."

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The late introduction of a substitute amendment for pension reform touched off a firestorm in the House Friday - but what was in...

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement plan's summary plan description (SPD) violated ERISA disclosure requirements when it failed to divulge the need to file an affidavit for...

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer is waiving certain penalties and extending certain deadlines for filing the required annual Form 5500 for employers in several...

July 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Co.) has outlined plans to begin advising a half dozen new funds.