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October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half of account transactions by participants in plans serviced by American Express Retirement Services take place on the Internet, the service...

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economy and much more thorough background investigations are leading to longer job search periods for executives, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

October 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small business employers are more often passing benefit premium increases off to their employees than their large business counterparts, according to a new...

October 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today, after months of waiting, the NASDAQ will finally launch live trading with its much-ballyhooed SuperMontage electronic communication network.

October 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today, after months of waiting, the NASDAQ will finally launch live trading with its much-ballyhooed SuperMontage electronic communication network.

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maryland Citizens Health Initiative has proposed a plan to provide health coverage to the state's uninsured residents, according to a Baltimore Sun...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While representatives of financial services industry groups hadn't yet had time to study 75 pages of proposed cash balance regulations, they gave government...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies will no longer be able to duck shareholder proxy fights including whether they should be required to treat stock options as an...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the state's $133 billion dollar public pension fund, has fired investment managers Merrill Lynch Asset Management...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Moody's Investors Service has developed and published a methodology for assigning real estate fund ratings, providing institutional investors with insights into the portfolio...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Los Angles-based Core Solutions, Inc. has completed a Letter of Intent to purchase the payroll operations of Albuquerque-based Management Resource Group, LLC (MRG)...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard has announced its 529 College Savings Plan is effective and available for investments.

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Management Trust Company has announced a new dedicated corporate bond investment discipline for institutional investors.

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today the Treasury Department is expected to provide some clarity on the acceptable mechanics for cash balance conversions - and the final result...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers who sponsor benefit plans will get an added reminder from the 2002 version of the Form 5500 series disclosure documents to sign...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a federal judge's order approving a nearly $300-million settlement in a series of lawsuits involving allegations against a now-defunct Oregon investment firm,...

December 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have released new proposed regulations on the application of the pension plan age discrimination rules to cash...

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Merrill Lynch survey suggests that workers could stand a reality check when it comes to expectations about their retirement accounts.

October 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of current and former Federal Reserve employees lost their first legal battle in their attempts to force the central banker from...

October 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following an agreement with Ford Financial, TD Waterhouse will offer brokerage services employees and customers of Ford Motor Company and its subsidiaries through the...