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December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Finding some room for optimism, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate unchanged...

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The future of electronic bond trading company, Bondbook, which allows institutional investors to trade fixed income securities anonymously with each other, is hanging in...

October 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Offering further proof of the economic slowdown, the number of self-employed in Canada has leveled off after plummeting by more than 200,000 in...

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilmington Trust Corporation has signed a definitive agreement with investment counseling firm Balentine & Company, which will become a Wilmington Trust affiliate.

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation has acquired a 15% equity stake in Optima Fund Management for an undisclosed amount.

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley and Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company launched Morgan Stanley Retirement Connection, a retirement plan product for businesses with plan assets of $5...

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors at companies with more than 100 employees, or $1 million in assets now have a new option, the Legg Mason/Delaware SelectSolutions Advantage...

October 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors clients of recordkeeper/administrator GoldK can now offer their participants 12 new mutual funds options from AIM Funds.

October 24, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao issued recommendations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that will reduce the risk of anthrax exposure...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than a third of workers have made a change to their retirement asset allocation in the past quarter - and nearly half...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average 2003 salary hike is higher than 2002, but not by much, according to a new survey.

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds generated a 2.55% return in November, but lagged the broader market indices.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversial sale of Hershey Foods is temporarily on hold while a Pennsylvania appeals court mulls over legal issues raised by both sides.

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds generated a 2.55% return in November, but lagged the broader market indices.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oregon state senate has approved a proposal to stop offering benefits under the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to new workers.

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has named John Snow his new Secretary of the Treasury and is expected to name Stephen Friedman to the White House...

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, with its bankruptcy buyer unwilling to shoulder the obligations of its pension fund, Polaroid retirees now find themselves under the protection...

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...