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July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most executives appear to be singularly focused on their careers, a growing number are equally focused on their lives outside of work...

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) has begun implementing Interim Linkage, its plan to allow the five option exchanges to electronically communicate with each...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a quarter (27%) of American workers can now be categorized as "teleworkers," a status that appears to yield help in balancing...

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proponents of new Social Security legislation, which aims to create personal investment accounts financed by cutting benefits and raising income taxes, urged critics...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study released by Northeastern University last week confirms what many have mumbled under their breath for years - anyone can be...

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Nearly half (47.1%) of all plans with more than $100 million in assets employ pension fund consultants, but that is down from 48.7% a...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The purchasing pool for prescription drugs set up by Vermont, Michigan and South Carolina is already experiencing Medicaid savings of 25% to 50%.

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bankruptcy judge has approved a new labor deal for steel maker LTV Corp, giving United Steelworkers of America 20% of the troubled...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care plans across the board continue to outpace inflation at monumental rates, as double-digit rate increases are no longer uncommon among all...

June 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Actuaries, financial planners and accountants were on the list of the top ten best jobs, which was included in the most recent edition...

June 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although the issue of shortening settlement cycles in securities markets has been widely discussed on recent months, a financial research firm says actually...

June 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Family businesses have more productive employees, survive longer and provide more management opportunities for women, a new survey by Barclays finds.

June 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Democrats have thrown a monkey wrench into the works of the White House's voluntary ergonomics plan by pushing forward new ergonomic legislation.

June 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former employee of a suburban Philadelphia company who received a fake note about erectile dysfunction may have been abused by coworkers, but...

May 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who work with financial advisors may now be better able to comparison shop, thanks to the first phase of a new...

May 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some of that "common wisdom" about participant behaviors may require some rethinking, according to new data from Putnam Investments.

May 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plans struggling with prolonged lower rates of return have a new issue to contend with: April's record high for prepayments on US...

May 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has released its recommendations for the reform of executive stock option plans.

May 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The shareholders of EMC Corp., whose chief executive this year received 75,000 options to buy company stock for a penny each, have turned...

May 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a key decision, a federal appellate court has held that "top hat" plans should be treated as unilateral contracts, rather than as...