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CIGNA Unveils 529 Plan for 401(k) Clients

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of companies who have their retirement plans with CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services will also soon have a new option in saving...
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mPower Opens Café to 403(b), 457 Issues

March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - mPower has expanded its education/content to include participants of 403(b) and 457 defined contribution plans, which include teachers, medical workers, non-profit employees and...
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Bush Repeals OSHA Regs

March 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, President Bush signed a repeal of the new OSHA workplace safety regulations, noting they posed "overwhelming compliance challenges" for businesses.
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Senate Passes Stimulus Bill

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Finally, after months of wrangling, the US Senate approved an economic stimulus plan that provides pension interest rate and premium relief, extends unemployment...
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Mid-Size Plan Returns Shrink in 2001

March 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median returns for mid-size defined benefit pension funds in the Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC) Universe last year were lower than in 2000, according...
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Telecom Sector Still Bleeding Jobs

July 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If the pace of telecommunications job cutting continues into the second half of the year, it will at least meet, if not topple...
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Enron 401(k) Investigation Heats Up in House

February 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerns about fees, conflicted interests and the need for greater employee involvement in plan administrative activities dominated the tone in the second day...
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MSCI Plans to Slice, Dice US Equity Market

August 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) is developing a new family of equity indices that will allow domestic investors to benchmark their investments against...
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Former New York Citi Employees File Suit

February 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former New York area Citigroup employees, who lost money to the group's deferred compensation plan when they left, filed a lawsuit against the...
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Hedge Funds Hit $8 billion Mark

February 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds gained $2.7 billion during the fourth quarter of 2000 to bring the total in all hedge funds to about $8 billion,...