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August 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The firms presenting the ten largest claims have accounted for more than half of all claims against the nation's pension insurance system over...

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representatives Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and George Miller (D-California) have introduced legislation designed to "protect employees' pensions from unfair rules."

August 28, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past 14 years benefit costs per hour worked have risen more than 56%, but were largely unchanged as a percentage of total...

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US Airways Group stockholder is suing airline executives for approving $45 million in severance benefits to three executives.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF), a subsidiary panel of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), has issued some guidance on FAS 133,...

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping US equity markets haven't left the nation's public pension funds unscathed.

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ordered the owner of a number of Waffle House franchises to pay 125 current and former managers about $2.9...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charging that the adviser and distributor of the Morgan Stanley American Opportunities Fund received undisclosed "soft dollar" compensation and other under-the-table benefits, two...

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tyco International Ltd, whose pension plans swung to an $899 million deficit last year, could have to come up with hundreds of millions...

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a new handbook to help employers deal with the provisions of the Americans with...

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's funds research reported that domestic mutual funds currently closed to new investments are continuing to charge a 12b-1 fee to...

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Canadian chief financial officers (CFO) apparently won't travel far from home to find their next professional posting, a new survey found.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bank of Hawaii has selected BISYS to offer administrative and recordkeeping services for the firm's balance forward retirement plans.

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has expanded its online research tools for financial advisors to include information on new bond exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hit hard by high pension and health-care costs, United States Steel Corp. is reporting a second-quarter loss.

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for some help in choosing and monitoring funds can now draw on the expertise of a new product combination.

August 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Geode Capital Management LLC has been tapped to run Fidelity Investment's equity index funds.

August 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're tired of hearing folks go on about "socially responsible" investing, then MUTUALS.com has the fund for you.

April 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-one percent of Southeast Michigan's employers reported health care premium increases in excess of 10% during the last two years.

August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Neovest, Inc., developer of trading technology, says it has taken order-entry products a step further by integrating direct access technology with real-time filtering.