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February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the threat of war in Iraq hanging over them, US employers were reluctant to hire and ready to shed 42% more workers...

February 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With US equity mutual funds still struggling with a tenacious bear market during January, fund managers will continue to have a hard time...

July 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixteen asset management professionals have departed embattled Indiana-based Conseco for Philadelphia, as Delaware Investments ramps up its fixed-income asset management unit.

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest plan for giving patients the right to sue their health plans could increase the typical yearly insurance premium by 4.2%, or...

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants now have the ability to make interfund transfers, change contribution allocations and rebalance their accounts in the palm of their hands.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Elaine Chao has officially tapped State Street Bank and Trust to take over Enron's three retirement plans.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US House Ways and Means overwhelmingly approved The Employee Benefits Bill of Rights, which protects retirement plan participants from some of the...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned about burdening plan sponsors with having to report on their pension plan activities to two federal agencies, House Republican leaders delayed a...

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on a case that has affirmative action implications for employers competing for federal contracts.

February 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may not be easy for New Jersey medical patients to see their regular doctors these days because of a statewide physicians' strike...

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Having ruled in support of employer arbitration agreements, the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether such agreements also bar government agencies getting...

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has been digging through some annual reports - and apparently isn't thrilled with the pension accounting presentations there.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers considering changes to federal mental-health insurance laws heard testimony that mental health parity mandates could prompt executives to drop the coverage entirely.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Elaine Chao has apparently tapped State Street Corp. to take over Enron Corp.'s three retirement plans, the...

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group has unveiled a new stock fund that purports to use a mathematical model to outdo the S&P 500 by anywhere...

March 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of financial professionals believe that new disclosure rules have reduced the amount of security information available, while nearly three-fourths believe...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is a potential problem brewing in the UK over the "insufficient" qualifications of pension-fund trustees, according to a new study.

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) cast its vote to oppose the merger of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) with the Compaq Computer Corporation,...

March 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is raising the fee it charges for stock market transactions, due to the declining dollar volume in equities...

March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate trainers may have another option to better manage their menu of training courses with the recently unveiled emagine records system, according to...