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May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees whose companies use electronic debt cards or credit cards to reimburse them for substantiated medical expenses can still have the amounts excluded...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity has added several features to Fidelity e401k, its online retirement plan for small businesses, including the ability to assess 401(k) plan options,...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations (TD 8954) that allow defined contribution and combined defined contribution/defined benefit retirement plans to...

June 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After improving in April, the asset-to-liability ratio fell back into the red in May to a minus 2.90%.

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - USAA is reportedly looking at options that could result in a sale of its equity management operation.

June 5, 2003 (PLANSPSONOR.com) - Over $20 million dollars later, the Maryland state employee pension system has received approval to settle with a contractor that provided a benefits-tracking...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can use estimates to make sure it is collecting enough taxes on cash restaurant tips, the US Supreme...

June 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eaton Vance Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 80% of the stock of Parametric Portfolio Associates.

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK fund manager Gartmore has bought US fund of hedge funds firm Riverview International Group Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care spending per person in the United States increased by 6.3% from 1999 to 2000, a spike that only widened the gap...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity's flagship Magellan Fund, which is the second largest US fund, is the most popular choice among retirement plan participants, according to a...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some Montana residents currently without health coverage will soon have access to limited insurance restricted to doctors' office visits and generic drugs.

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? You needed a scorecard to keep up with all the amendments, debates and votes in the Senate's continued deliberations on S. 1052, the...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) do a better job than other widely available supplemental health insurance plans in protecting Medicare recipients from high out-of-pocket...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Before the end of August the Internal Revenue Service says it will publish sample amendments that plan sponsors may adopt or copy to...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As outsourcing gained popularity in recent years, large corporations have begun to outsource more of their human resources administration, including payroll and alternative...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the government, fell by around 5% in fiscal year 2001,...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS is offering a new service to broker-dealers and investment companies to monitor their compliance with breakpoint sales regulations.

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With studies showing an increasing need for companies to rely on experienced retired workers, government officials are asking for suggestions on how they...

May 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Franklin Templeton is launching two structured equity strategies that offer institutional investors index-based investing that seeks to limit risk.