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March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The proposed merger between Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. is one step closer to resolution with what HP executives say is the...

March 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer was in familiar territory with an announcement that it would take over a 68% funded pension plan from yet...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPOSNOR.com)-American Skandia has announced that it will be exiting the defined contribution recordkeeping business, citing a strategic initiative the company plans to undertake to focus...

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Louis Obispo County Pension Trust is entitled to $3 million in lost investment income due to admitted professional negligence from its...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in UK pension funds shrank for the second year in a row in 2001, posting their worst performance in over a decade,...

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) can grant a former spouse pension and retirement benefits to...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK fund managers are not keeping a firm enough hold on their transaction costs, a survey by William M. Mercer finds.

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With sweeping implications for telecommuters, the New York Court of Appeals has determined unemployment insurance eligibility is determined by physical, and not virtual,...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term investors are more optimistic about the stock market's future and predict a return to a bull market by the fourth quarter.

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It doesn't violate ERISA for a trust company to take mutual fund fees in connection with an employer retirement plan's investment in those...

March 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court handed employers a victory with a 5-4 ruling that companies do not have to tell workers that their maternity...

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL) retirement plans now have online third-party investment advice available to them through Advice by Ibbotson.

March 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace Options, Inc (WPO) will begin offering its clients and covered employees Advantage Wellness Center, an online health and wellness resource.

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June has been a dismal month for job seekers, with weekly jobless data continuing to hover above the 400,000 mark, while monthly unemployment...

March 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - oneBPO is offering a new payroll service for small- and mid-sized businesses.

July 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The S&P Event-Driven sub-index led the performance of the S&P Hedge Fund Index in June as the overall index gained 0.47% for the...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half of those responding to a recent poll by an employee benefits company (47%) said they got more stress from time management...

February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock has opened a new website, which will make it easier for plan sponsors and financial advisors to track information on its closed-end...

July 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits in unit investment trusts (UIT) savored a 22.3% hike in total assets in May to $911.4 million from April's $745.4 million total.

February 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The State of Iowa may be on the hook for as much as $30 million in back overtime, now that the US Supreme...