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June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted unanimously to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 1.75%, despite increases in economic...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the US, at least, a good leader has a good character, a top-notch performance record, is flexible and adaptable and has high...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of an issue that virtually mirrors a continuing US corporate firestorm, the British government will soon require publicly traded companies to...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 60% of plan sponsors attending a recent Merrill Lynch Retirement Group conference listed the 401(k) defined contribution plan as the most...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in nine years, average salary increases in many key industries, including manufacturing, trade, and utilities, have dropped below 4%...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ability to stay connected to the office via electronic gadgetry has spurred nine out of ten Americans to take work home with...

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost three-quarters of small business owners say that offering healthcare is necessary in the hiring process, a new survey finds.

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies signing up with health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to provide employee health coverage will have to dig even deeper in 2003 with costs...

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee heard testimony from the American Academy of Actuaries on the growth of defined contribution plans and...

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has named two Global Co-CEOs to succeed Pattie Dunn who is stepping down as Global CEO of BGI to...

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has named Christianna Wood Senior Investment Officer for its $86 billion global equity unit.

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An influential business research group is jumping into the continuing post-Enron fray over corporate governance standards by appointing a blue-ribbon board to develop...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After years of weaning and winnowing out unprofitable and undercommitted providers, today's recordkeeping field still offers plan sponsors a robust choice of funds,...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors steering clear of the equity market, have caused a liquidity crunch on the debt side, leaving the global high yield bond default...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sign that the job market is slowly climbing out of the doldrums, fewer Americans lined up to claim their first state...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More and more investors, eager to cut back on risk through diversification, are fleeing the still volatile equity market for the world of...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are not expected to improve their educational standards over the next 20 years, according to an economist with the Federal Reserve.

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If employers are looking around at a sea of empty office desks, the occupants of those work stations are probably still trying to...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-Prudential Real Estate and Relocations Services has launched a new personal errand and concierge program named At Your Service in a bid to ensure a...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care consumers had to shell out 8.7% more in 2001 over the year before, driven by skyrocketing prices for hospital care and...