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March 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The finances of the nation's pension insurance fund have never been stronger, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).

March 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) will gain discounted access to Web-based currency trading and information, courtesy of a new alliance...

March 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Roughly a quarter of plan sponsors with less than $50 million in plan assets had somewhere between 25% - 50% of their plan...

March 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative Ben Cardin (D-Md.) made the case for pension reform Wednesday, focusing on the needs and benefits of small business before a House...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Discharged employees of a bankrupt company's successor were not entitled to payment of incentive bonuses out of the former employer's bankruptcy proceeds, according...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Minnesota company's policy of providing 26 weeks of income to disabled workers may constitute an ERISA regulated benefit plan, a federal judge...

March 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors can now tap into a range of short-term investment vehicles through MoneyFundsDIRECT.com, a new transaction-based Web site from the Bank of...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional bill designed to create reemployment accounts of up to $3,000 to help jobless Americans find work passed another legislative hurdle with...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Airlines's employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) has been slapped with a class action lawsuit brought by employees accusing its trustees of a...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversial tenure of Janet Rehnquist as inspector general at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is apparently drawing to...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lingering US recession continues to take its toll on Americans' economic well being

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors, benefit administrators and payroll processors have a new data interchange at their disposal to facilitate the exchange of employee benefit data...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ceridian has spit-shined its Canadian employee assistance program (EAP) LifeWorks Online, with the release of enhanced English and French versions.

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and participants with fixed-income holdings may get an informational leg up from a recent enhancement to The Bond Market Association's Web...

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers now have additional artillery to add to their retirement plan education arsenal, with MetLife's release of 401(k) and 403(b) brochures.

March 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., is reorganizing its Ivy Funds and W&R Funds lineup.

May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an era when spiraling health care costs are one of the most vexing problems facing employers, it's no surprise that state governments...

May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fox Sports Network's "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" has been slapped with a sexual harassment suit by one of its hairstylists.

May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefits consultant Sentinel Benefits is partnering with Kobren Insight Management to offer a new Managed Choice retirement plan option to plan sponsors.

May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corp. has established a $2-billion US asset-backed commercial paper program.