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October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate, on a voice vote, agreed to bar group health insurance plans from placing more restrictions on mental health benefits than on medical...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index produced a 1.50% return in June.

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided information to assist employers who are developing or reevaluating their emergency evactuation procedures.

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US job picture continued to be full of doom and gloom Thursday with word that the number of Americans filing first-time jobless...

October 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small firms now have a new 401(k) plan product to consider when revising their benefit offerings

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resources professionals interested in legislative and benefits issues, strategic functions and time management tactics have a new Web site at their disposal.

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock has developed a portal Web site, John Hancock Institutional Investment Management Network, which provides access to the group?s institutional products and services.

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SEI Investments has added enhancements to its Electronic Trading Services platform to deliver straight-though processing of eligible equity trades to SEI's execution framework.

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 4,849 jobs in the dot.com sector fell under the axe in October, many of them in the travel industry, according to a report...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers whose companies offer CIGNA Group Voluntary Life, Accident or Disability benefits will be able to enroll for coverage online when benefits enrollment...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Financial Canadian Pension Operations is tossing the paper trail out the window, launching an electronic enrolment service to complement its Internet support...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Failing to disclose an "actively at work" requirement contained in a long-term disability (LTD) benefit plan nets an employer a breach of ERISA...

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of Section 457 plans got the promised final regulations on those programs today, including some key changes and clarifications to the proposed...

October 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors of Bank of America Corp's mutual funds harmed by hedge fund Canary Capital Management LLC's late trading activities will be paid restitution.

October 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The largest US accounting firms will be scrutinized once a year, while smaller companies will be examined at least once very 36 months,...

October 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has determined companies should decide which methodology is best when valuing stock options.

October 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chief financial officer (CFO) compensation packages were a good bit lighter in 2002 over the year before, according to a new study.

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has added a project on financial performance reporting to its agenda, aiming to make it easier for...

September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants interested in a financial planning roadmap of all their assets including their retirement plan may want to turn to ING for help.

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Peter Fisher, the US Treasury Department's undersecretary for domestic finance who helped manage the administration's position on phasing out the 30-Year Treasury bond,...