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May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some Montana residents currently without health coverage will soon have access to limited insurance restricted to doctors' office visits and generic drugs.

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? You needed a scorecard to keep up with all the amendments, debates and votes in the Senate's continued deliberations on S. 1052, the...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) do a better job than other widely available supplemental health insurance plans in protecting Medicare recipients from high out-of-pocket...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Before the end of August the Internal Revenue Service says it will publish sample amendments that plan sponsors may adopt or copy to...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As outsourcing gained popularity in recent years, large corporations have begun to outsource more of their human resources administration, including payroll and alternative...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the government, fell by around 5% in fiscal year 2001,...

May 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although retirement planning is the primary financial planning concern for most US professionals, many remain confused by variable and fixed annuities, a new...

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Policies for pay and other benefits for those called up for duty in the military services vary widely compared to what is required...

May 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pennsylvania judges awarding child support should include an employee's 401(k) contributions and the employer's match when determining the person's income, an appeals court...

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many shareholder resolutions have fallen short this proxy season, but Avon shareholders snapped that streak last week.

May 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -NASDAQ traders are feeling the "pinch" of the exchange's shift to decimalized trading --and they are pushing a new commission-based approach with institutional investors...

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar is implementing several changes within its mutual fund category classification structure, including discontinuing one category, adding 11 new categories, and changing the...

May 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Britain's Co-operative Group sacked Merrill Lynch Investment Management (MLIM) from a $729 million account and suggested it might sue for investment mismanagement.

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new European custody services joint venture involving Dutch ING and Bank of New York (BoNY) wants to rapidly grow its €90 bilion...

May 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The head of Quebec's public pension fund announced he would step down from his post and urged the government to lessen its influence...

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Louisville, Kentucky's mayor is talking about putting money down on a horse race of a different kind: state pension fund investments in Louisville...

May 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Still smarting from some $280 million in Enron-related losses, officials of Florida public pension fund took their battle against Alliance Capital Management to...

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of ex-Pan Am workers and retirees that has been battling the federal pension insurer over the size of its members' pension...

May 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers in the western states pay the highest salaries in 28 out of 47 different jobs, while rates paid in the South tends...

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The country of Venezuela is being removed from the FTSE All-World Index after the close of business on Friday June 20, 2003.