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February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corp is giving employees the option of participating in a cash balance pension plan.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications' senior executives will no longer have pension income influencing their incentive compensation.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some financial services company executives are taking big hits to the pocketbook through compensation cuts growing out of their firms' poor performance.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a stubborn bear market, US retirement plans and foundation/endowment funds ended the fourth quarter of 2002 in the plus column - but...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's nothing like a potential problem with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to stir things up in the workplace, but North Carolina state...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nonprofit workers are more likely to have access to a retirement savings program than those in the private sector and, in some cases,...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly four out of 10 working Americans regularly surf the Web from the office, according to a new study.

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hospital spending continued to rise from 1997 to 2001 behind an increase in patient volume and the rising costs of goods and services.

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two weeks of declines in the number of Americans lining up for first-time jobless benefits ended last week as the figure took an...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two weeks of declines in the number of Americans lining up for first-time jobless benefits ended last week as the figure took an...

February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most fights between HMOs and patients center on patients' ability to use out-of-network doctors as well as on which health services are covered,...

February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees in the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) hired before 1996 will no longer be able to get double-digit investment returns because...

February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Indiana state authorities have stumbled across another pension fund worker accused of stealing state employees' identities.

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While roughly one in four (27%) small business employees say their benefits package is not covering the needs of their family, 26% say...

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Effective immediately, Cooper Consultants is closing its doors to new clients, according to Jennifer Cooper, principal and founder of the firm.

February 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has tapped a new head of its US Active Fixed Income Research unit.

February 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Van Global Hedge Fund Index kicked off the new year with a 0.7% net gain of fees in January.

February 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Van Global Hedge Fund Index kicked off the new year with a 0.7% net gain of fees in January.

February 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retailer Wal-Mart has announced its intention to appeal an $8.5-million defamation judgment in a case involving an employee accused of shoplifting tobacco.

February 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funds have allocated $14 billion to the US real estate equity market this year, according to LaSalle Investment Management.