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November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey's pension management director, Steven Kornrumpf, is expected to resign immediately, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Principal Financial Group and Alliance Capital have teamed up for a new 529 college savings plan as a payroll deduction option for workers.

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc, has unveiled BLDRS, a new family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The District of Columbia has launched DC College Savings Plan, the District's 529 College Savings product.

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Florida judge lashed out against a New York investment firm accused of losing more than $300 million in Florida state pension money...

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Planned job cuts in the high-tech sector reached 468,161 in 2002, down 33% from the 695,581 job cuts announced in 2001.

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - December had hedge funds in the doldrums, as the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index produced a negative return of 0.58% for the month.

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - December had hedge funds in the doldrums, as the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index produced a negative return of 0.58% for the month.

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express Financial Corporation has completed its acquisition of Threadneedle Asset Management from Zurich Financial Services Group.

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio state Senator Lynn Wachtmann will propose a bill to remove the attorney general from all state employee pension boards clearing the way...

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With more than $10 billion in retirement fund overpayments on its hands, the US Postal Service has announced plans to establish a health...

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-two percent of HR professionals surveyed anticipate layoffs in 2003, with 11% expecting layoffs to affect in excess of 20% of their workforce,...

October 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension underfunding may be prevalent, but as a percentage of total corporate assets the mountain looks more like a mole hill.

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US bankruptcy judge has ordered temporary 13% pay cuts for United Airlines' unionized machinists, buying the airline more time to negotiate broad...

January 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A 50-something National Steel Corp. retiree with 30 years of service could lose an average $315 in monthly pension benefits as part of...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford launched a new Web site for its group life and disability insurance products, focusing on the needs of their plan sponsor...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Zions Bancorporation and Societe Generale Bank will now be offering their wholesale investment products on FinancialOxygen's online trading...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today's CEOs have only five earnings quarters on average to prove themselves, according to a study released by communications consulting firm Burson-Marsteller.

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care costs across most health care products are expected to grow at double-digit rates in 2002, according to a survey by Anderson.

October 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 77 million baby boomers will begin to retire in this decade, putting a strain on the resources in the Social Security and Medicare...