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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...

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate Banking Committee will meet Thursday to consider a bill that could save investors billions in securities trading fees.

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of an agreement with Washington State, where Wal-Mart Stores plans to build a regional warehouse, the retailer will speed up workers...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri has proposed creating a national pension system that helps young people start saving with "seed money"...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rep. John Boehner, (R-Ohio), and Rep. Sam Johnson, (R-Texas) have introduced the Pension Security Act, which features a proposed list of 401(k) operating...

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Surplus employee benefit funds can be given to public charities according to the IRS - at least in one particular case.

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some retirement plan participants, whose employers are American Express clients, will have a wider array of investment choices following the launch of two...

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bigger may not be better for global custody players, according to a new survey of pension funds, endowments and institutional investors.

February 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most companies with defined benefit pension plans will suffer some kind of hit to their bottom line, courtesy of the turbulent markets, according...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A number of companies that don't have employee stock ownership plans, (ESOPs) but offer company stock in their 401(k) plans are creating ESOPs within...

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -LTV says it believes the federal government will take over the Cleveland, Ohio-based steelmaker's pension plans at the end of March.

February 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse First Boston has a new alternative investment offering for pension funds and other institutional investors.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HR software provider Adhesion Technologies will provide account aggregation services to ProAct's clients under an agreement announced by the companies.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have new guidance on responding to requests from the Department of Labor for summary plan descriptions (SPDs) and other documents on...

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Atlanta-based Sunaro Inc, a provider of employee benefits software, has been acquired by Willis Group Holdings.

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Schoolhouse Capital, LLC, a subsidiary of State Street Corporation, has announced an agreement with Harrisdirect to distribute The Education Plan.

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National Commerce Financial Corp. (NCFC) and two of its subsidiaries have been accused of overcharging 2,300 participants in Corky's Bar-B-Que's employee benefits plans...

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has found a state law preventing common citizens from using a defibrillator rendered moot a lawsuit against an employer...