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August 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF is out as the manager of New York State's 529 College Savings program.

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As many as 31,000 Lucent Technology retirees will see their death benefits eliminated, as the struggling telecommunication company continues to cut costs, according...

August 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The way to a Chief Financial Officer's (CFO) heart may no longer be through his or her stomach, since taking a lunch has...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Electric officials contend that the company's health benefits package holds up well in comparison to its competitors

August 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trends in the US 401(k) market of drooping participation and deferral rates represent a chance for plan sponsors to get back to basics...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers fleeing to other health benefit options and HMOs dropping their Medicare plans have led to a drop in Ohio HMO enrollment...

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eugene Scalia, acting solicitor of the US Department of Labor (DoL), will step down from his post, the DoL announced.

January 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy-one percent of small-business owners feel supplemental insurance enhances the overall benefits package, but nearly half admit to having little or no knowledge...

August 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors, recordkeepers and administrators may benefit from a new demographically based online investment analysis of their retirement programs.

August 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has tapped the $112 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund as lead plaintiff in a group of suits against...

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enrollment in Florida HMOs continued their wane in the first half of 2002, declining 6.6%, after seeing a decrease of 2.2% in 2001,...

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of large employers that offer a consumer-directed health care (CDH) plan should quadruple in 2003, a survey found.

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors has tapped a new senior vice president to lead its defined contribution business.

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to spur its members' use of generic drugs, one of the nation's largest health insurers is cutting generic drug prices...

July 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) is ready to comply with a court order to implement pension reform -...

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nine out of 10 respondents to a survey said corporate managers are more likely to communicate via e-mail than in a one-on-one meeting....

July 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say you can't take it with you when you die, but that rule apparently does not apply to the $170,000 worth of...

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online auction house eBay will begin offering health care coverage to people who make a living selling goods on the bidding Web site,...

July 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recently approved dividend and capital gains tax cuts could have an immediate impact on domestic equity performance, especially in large-cap value stocks.

January 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to rising health care costs, 14,000 members of General Electric's (GE) International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers-Communications...