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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.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Portfolios in high quality municipal bonds, high quality corporate bonds and high-yield bonds continued their winning ways in the first quarter of 2003,...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The matching company contribution has long been touted as a significant participation incentive, and a recent survey suggests that cutting back on the...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New evidence may soon begin to creep up in employment law cases prohibiting hostile work environments: pornography spam e-mails.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Making up for a drop in chief executive officers' (CEO) total compensation, cash payments increased 15% last year.

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite an uncertain economy, military conflicts, and overall low total growth in employment, more than two-thirds of managers expect their companies to promote...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors trying to get up to speed on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), take heart....

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seeing no connection between her duties and her disability, a court ruled against a transfer to an above-ground job for a subway token...

April 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One week from today, all companies that have total health-care spending greater than $5 million must be in full compliance with new privacy...