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September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A promise to make severance payments was too vague to create an obligation to do so, according to a federal appeals court.

September 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Calvert has posted the new, official membership list for its Calvert Social Index, reflecting adjustments made to the Index during its annual reconstitution.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors bored with trying to gauge the direction of such commonplace investments as stocks, bonds and pork bellies will soon have a new...

September 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA) has launched an online learning center, featuring the Mutual Fund Industry Specialist (MFIS) Certificate Program.

September 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has postponed the effective date of new reporting requirements on nonqualified stock option gains until 2003.

September 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Zurich Financial Services and Deutsche Bank have come to terms in an agreement to transfer businesses, form a cooperation agreement, and begin the...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what has become something of a holiday "tradition," two major personal computer makers are sending workers home without pay for the December...

September 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the temporary relief granted last week following the terrorist attack on New York's financial district, for...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private employers spent a total of $334.5 billion on health services and supplies in 2000, and nearly three-quarters of that total was for...

September 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With third quarter reporting rapidly approaching, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has taken up the issue of how to deal with the...

August 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Online bond trading by institutional investors in the US increased this year, although at a slower rate than last year, according to a...

August 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York State Common Retirement Fund has thrown its support with the management of Computer Associates, bucking the recommendations of two proxy...

August 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A wife attacked at work by her spouse has sued her employer for failing to take steps to protect workers from spousal abuse.

August 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 1.4 million employees who have Xylo's work/life solutions as part of their benefits package now have direct access to the WebRx Health...

August 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can get a head start on crafting a written investment policy statement for their plans, courtesy of the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council...

August 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Northern Trust Company has enhanced its Treasury Passport product suite to include Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments.

August 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com-The full Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will meet September 12 after this year's working groups have completed hearing testimony from...

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments now offers an expanded online array of information updated for new regulations on required minimum distributions, or RMDs.

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and providers may have a new option for getting aggregated industry data as a result of a newly announced technology partnership.

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court ruled that pension trustees were not out of bounds when they cut out cost of living adjustments for certain...