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June 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A federal judge has relied on the Casey Martin ruling to extend the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act to a 19-year-old...

June 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? President Bush gave a vote of confidence to a PBOR proposal on Wednesday, while the Senate continued to debate amendments to S. 1052,...

May 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of Ireland Group has worked out a deal to acquire a majority interest in the US-based Iridian Asset Management in an effort...

May 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Walker MacRae clients will now have access to trust, custody and support services through an alliance with an Atlanta trust company.

May 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers whose companies outsource benefits processing to Fidelity Investments can now get their Flexible Spending Account (FSA) expenses reimbursed faster, and the ability...

May 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SAM Indexes and Dow Jones Indexes announced that investment banks Merrill Lynch & Co and WestLB Panmure have launched the first structured products...

May 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The market for 529 college savings programs continues to be hot with the launching of a plan from PIMCO Fund Distributors LLC.

May 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite last minute jostling and being tied to a sometimes controversial tax package, pension reform finally got through Congress Saturday, on its way...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan provider GoldK Inc. has widened its distribution channel with an agreement to allow advisors from NFP Securities, Inc. to offer GoldK...

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Though only 30% of US companies are utilizing a formal approach to identify high-potential leaders, most of those who have formal succession planning...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minneapolis-based RSM McGladrey Inc., a tax consulting and accounting firm, has acquired Iowa-based Tower Pension Specialists, a recordkeeping and investment advisory firm.

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Minnesota state House of Representatives and Senate have passed a compromise bill approving state labor contracts for nearly 50,000 employees with gay...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Research by the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) shows that while Social Security's funding has improved since 1997, it could be affected by the recent...

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The struggling US job market shed a much higher than expected 108,000 nonfarm jobs in March in a continuing sign that the economy...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with a faltering steel industry, lawmakers are drafting legislation proposals aimed at financing the costs of health insurance for steel workers and...

April 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CNA has pulled back the curtain on a new small business medical benefits package.

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of former LTV Steel Corporation employees have set up a company to offer health and other benefits to former workers and...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies haven't eliminated cash bonuses to employees for helping recruit new talent, results of a survey reveal.

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge lifted an order preventing former employees of RogersCasey Inc. from soliciting business from RogersCasey clients, but added several new prohibitions.

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), a longtime corporate governance champion, is debating joining a wing of the post-Enron accounting reform campaign...