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April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Spanish-speaking participants in public sector retirement plans at Nationwide Retirement Solutions may have an easier time understanding the financial issues involved in retirement...

April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The already bleak US job picture took another turn for the worse last week as first time jobless claims skyrocketed by 30,000 from...

April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Management LLC has announced Helen Young Hayes, Janus' managing director of investments, will retire from her daily responsibilities on June 16,...

April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMR Corp, the parent company of American Airlines, established two new executive perks last year in an order to protect retirement income in...

April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer communication about matters that affect workers may play a crucial role in retaining key talent.

April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit alleging that a worker was forced to quit because of intolerable circumstances can't then mount...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Medical care costs continue to climb, inching 0.2% higher in March.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sector mutual funds on average finished down 1.7% in the first quarter of 2003, despite gains in real estate and biotech funds.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments is beefing up the number of fund options available through its advisor-sold Premium 401(k) program for small- and mid-sized companies.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits administrators looking for ways to help ease the burdens on stressed out employees might want to consider bringing in a California company...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors now have one more tool at their disposal to monitor annual 401(k) contribution and deferral amounts.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fortis Benefits Insurance Company has unveiled a new package of basic workplace insurance policies.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer's incentive-based stock option plan is not an ERISA plan since its purpose was to provide current, rather than, retirement income.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The parties to a high-profile sex discrimination lawsuit involving Morgan Stanley spent much of the day Tuesday closeted with a federal judge in...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the majority (78%) of Medicare beneficiaries have some form of prescription drug coverage, it is difficult to ascertain the adequacy of these...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recent increases in health insurance premiums have exceeded growth in health care costs.

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight out of 10 employers (82%) report assigning work to other employees is the chosen path to maintain business as usual when dealing...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The "best chance" for dealing with spiraling corporate health care costs may lie in a concept one consulting company calls "reDefined Contribution Health...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts (UIT) enjoyed a bang-up March with a 20% growth in total deposits to $784.8 million from February's $651.4 million

April 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Andover, Massachusetts online products provider has weighed into the crowded 529 college savings market with an education and sales Web site for...