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August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has begun sending out the bills to 8,500 publicly traded companies, investment companies and other equity...

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US consumer demand for Internet connections continues to grow, allowing more plan sponsors to opt for retirement plans with online 401(k) account access.

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Mills Inc's pension plans failed to eat their Wheaties in fiscal 2003, ending the year underfunded by $224 million.

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small employers are more likely than larger firms to support an expanded right for patients to sue their health plans, according to a...

August 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Board members of the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) have voted to accept the resignation of embattled executive director Herb Dyer.

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a weakening economy and lackluster stock market, those at the top were still benefiting from fat pay hikes last year, a report...

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investigators with the US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) can consider the length of time for forwarding participant contributions in...

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Board members at Computer Associates International (CA) appear to be the victors in a battle with a group of insurgents led by Sam...

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer may be entitled to keep the demutualization proceeds paid for an ownership interest in a defined benefit plan termination annuity contract.

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the United Steelworkers union have voted 4,010 to 471 in favor of a new labor contract with LTV, which may keep...

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a comment period and proposed hearing relating to the valuation of economic benefits under an equity split-dollar...

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - WellPoint Health Networks is suing managed-care rival Aetna Inc. over the hiring of a former WellPoint executive and has revealed that the two...

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than four out of 10 companies have had employees called to active military duty and 88% were supportive of their military employees.

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nude models at a Philadelphia art school, finding working conditions unbearable, have voted to join a union.

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northrop Grumman is instituting a broad menu of changes to the benefit programs it provides for the 9,900 salaried workers at its Newport...

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in Merced, California is letting manslaughter charges stand against California dairymen in the deaths of two workers who drowned in a...

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual Retirement Services has just unveiled a new series of updates and enhancements to its services for plan sponsors and participants.

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although first-time unemployment claims fell last week, a more accurate jobless barometer shot up to its peak of more than a year.

May 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only three stock mutual fund sectors managed to eke out gains in the first quarter of 2003, as the vast majority reported negative...

May 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary data reveals the Van Global Hedge Fund Index gained 3.1% net of fees in April.