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December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US health care industry appears to be the hardest hit by problems in attracting and keeping employees, while the tech sector is...

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northwest Airlines is allowing its top executives to trade hundreds of thousands of worthless stock options for shares more likely to be money-makers...

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While participants in self-directed accounts left equity investments alone during the third quarter, 95% of net new assets were directed to the relative...

December 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While participants in self-directed accounts left equity investments alone during the third quarter, 95% of net new assets were directed to the relative...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary hedge fund performance data from the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices shows that early reporting funds were up 1.2% in November - a...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Neuberger Berman Inc. announced it has hired a new Growth Equity Group from Northern Trust Corp., which will be based in the firm's...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has announced changes to its US growth equity management teams.

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The medical care index, a component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 0.6% in November, according to the US Department of Labor...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worker under the age of 30 are 38% less likely to have calculated the amount of savings necessary for a comfortable retirement than...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers say they are better at appraising employees than providing coaching and ongoing performance feedback, the Mercer Effective Performance Management Practices Survey has...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey of US Latinos shows that they have different views than non-Hispanics about being successful in an American workplace as well...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to CareerBuilder.com's "On the Job 2002" survey, nearly half (45%) of skilled and hourly workers said it would take less than a...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most hedge funds showed a positive net return in November, with the average US hedge fund gaining 2.8% and the average offshore up...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most hedge funds showed a positive net return in November, with the average US hedge fund gaining 2.8% and the average offshore up...

December 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary hedge fund performance data from the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices shows that early reporting funds were up 1.2% in November - a...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wage increases for workers in most countries should manage to stay ahead of inflation next year, according to new research.

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) has announced the incorporation of 68 additional federal benefit programs to their government benefit information Web site...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest survey of a national compensation professionals' group found good news and bad news.

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Contractors doing business with the city of Minneapolis of more than $100,000 will have to give domestic partner benefits to their workers within...

December 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs of employee compensation reached $23.44 per hour worked in September 2002, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).