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February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Employee Outlook Index declined six points to 60 in January, as employees expressed increasing concerns about the prospects for their company in...

February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The January employment picture was a rosy one with the much-welcomed addition of an unexpectedly healthy 143,000 jobs and a lower unemployment rate,...

February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many corporate benefits officials could have to grapple with skyrocketing health-care coverage costs that will represent a whopping 25% of wages in less...

February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Van Global Hedge Fund Index, a measure of average worldwide hedge fund performance, advanced by a net 0.4% in January, according to...

February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's biggest trucking companies have agreed to boost their contributions to Teamster health and pension funds and preserve the union's comprehensive health...

February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The January employment picture was a rosy one with the much-welcomed addition of an unexpectedly healthy 143,000 jobs and a lower unemployment rate,...

February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not at all surprisingly, most benefits specialists list controlling health and welfare costs as their top 2003 priority.

February 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A few days after reaching an agreement to sell most of its assets to International Steel Group (ISG), Bethlehem Steel Corporation now wants...

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment management firm Eaton Vance Corp will acquire 80% of Fox Asset Management, Inc for an initial payment of $32 million in cash...

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the downhill slide of the equity market sends more and more investors migrating from stocks to bonds, the number of high grade...

February 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fixed income funds in Mercer Investment Consulting's Defined Contribution Universe ruled the roost during 2002, while money market instruments were also strong performers.

June 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Victims of a brutal market downturn, the average participant balance fell by nearly 15% last year to $34,021, despite the steady inflow of...

June 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the fifth year in a row, ExxonMobil Corp. shareholders rejected a shareholder resolution to amend the company's written equal employment opportunity policy...

June 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com-Chief financial officers predict US economic growth will remain slow during 2001, but foresee an economic rebound next year.

June 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies that introduce Depositary Receipt (DR) programs in United States exchanges have increased the value of their share prices in their local markets...

June 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Japanese trust bank UFJ Trust Bank, looking for a little help with its clients' pension fund assets, has joined forces with Connecticut-based Bridgewater...

June 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor's (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has proposed a class exemption to allow ERISA plans maintained by trust...

June 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-CalPERS is considering whether US corporations should treat stock options as a business expense.

June 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with a sluggish demand amid an ongoing pullback in corporate technology funding, two business software firms are joining forces.

June 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nabors Industries Inc., the world's biggest land-based oil and gas drilling contractor, said its shareholders on Friday approved a controversial plan to reincorporate...