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December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eastman Kodak Company has completed a $2 billion share repurchase program, with the repurchase of approximately 7.4 million shares from the Kodak Retirement...

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford has done a little holiday shopping of its own, picking up CNA's Group Benefits business for about $500 million.

December 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two prominent mutual fund companies, including one at the center of the fund trading scandal, have slapped new short-term redemption fees on additional...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charging that FedEx Corp. systematically discriminates against minorities in pay and promotions, a group of current and former employees have sued the giant...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has informed taxpayers that Notice 2001-69, which provides guidance for leave-based donations, will not be extended to payments...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services has teamed up with Mellon Investor Services to expand plan sponsor access to simplified stock option and employee...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus has reopened to new investments four of its mutual funds that have been shuttered since 2000.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Financial has added a second family of mutual funds to its lineup, Jennison/Dryden, to join its two-year-old Strategic Partners fund group.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's third largest public pension system has released performance data on about half of its private equity investments.

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The world's largest soft drink maker says it will no longer provide earnings estimates, because they distract the firm - and investors -...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Less than half of American workers own a retirement savings plan, according the Congressional Research Services' Retirement Savings and Household Wealth in 2000:...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UBS Strategy Fund, whose initial investment totaled $2.1 billion, will be closed and merged with the UBS Global Equity Fund, according to...

December 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Norfolk Southern Railroad is the latest in a string of American corporations to get hit with a lawsuit alleging it improperly pressured employees...

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worldwide accounting standards took a step forward yesterday, as the US-focused Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and its European counterpart divvied up a...

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey's pension management director, Steven Kornrumpf, is expected to resign immediately, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Principal Financial Group and Alliance Capital have teamed up for a new 529 college savings plan as a payroll deduction option for workers.

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc, has unveiled BLDRS, a new family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The District of Columbia has launched DC College Savings Plan, the District's 529 College Savings product.

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Florida judge lashed out against a New York investment firm accused of losing more than $300 million in Florida state pension money...

November 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of US firms have announced changes to their pension plan estimates alongside their quarterly SEC filings.