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January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economic downturn in 2001 claimed comparatively few financial firms, according to an insurance-rating company.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest planned acquisition by BB&T Insurance Services should help expand its employee benefit offerings, according to the company.

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IBM says it has restored its US pension plan to a fully-funded status, thanks to some $3.95 billion in contributions.

January 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced the introduction of a revised composite index that will also serve as the basis for...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Charles Schwab Corporation's recordkeeping clients will soon offer 401(k) plan sponsors and their participants online advice via Morningstar ClearFuture.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small and mid-sized clients of retirement-services provider Transamerica can now enroll and change their contribution amounts online for Transamerica's group annuity product, THE...

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 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Bjorkman, formerly a member of the Florida Investment Advisory Council, has taken a position with a large-cap equity investment firm.

January 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Directors of the Charles Schwab Corp. have tapped David Pottruck as the investment company's sole president and chief executive officer.

January 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Year brought with it an accelerating pace of CEO departures - and some good news for those on the "inside" track.

January 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two contract workers allege in a lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard Co. that the giant computer maker improperly denied them and other contractors overtime and...

January 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strippers at the unionized Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco will be a little richer when they take it all off from...

January 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two straight months of asset gains for domestic equity mutual funds ended with a bang in December as funds finished the month with...

January 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two straight months of asset gains for domestic equity mutual funds ended with a bang in December as funds finished the month with...

January 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First-time jobless benefit claims moved higher for the second week in a row last week - and by a higher-than-expected amount.

January 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity hedge funds focusing on small-cap issues fared better during 2002 than those with mid or large-cap concentrations, according to MSCI data.

January 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First-time jobless benefit claims moved higher for the second week in a row last week - and by a higher-than-expected amount.