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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...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The performance of employee directed defined contribution plans lagged defined benefit plans by about 1% per year between 1990 and 1998, a new...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors should remember that fixed income isn't risk free - in fact, last year the number of corporate defaults was at its highest,...

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only half of the executives polled by the Conference Board say their recent involvement in an M&A deal succeeded.

January 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A separate agreement between Lucent Technologies and the union representing many of its most senior employees may have cost hundreds of workers who...

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 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...