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January 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that has implications for executive benefit programs, the IRS has issued interim guidance on the tax treatment of split-dollar life...

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 28% of companies plan to make changes to their base salary budgets for next year, despite the economic downturn and drop in demand,...

November, 2001 - Retirees fear health benefits cutbacks at Big Blue next year

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average corporate pension plan shrink by 11.1%, and the average public plan lose 11.8% on a year to date basis, and an increasing...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury has announced plans to eliminate the 30-year Treasury bond, citing its loss of benchmark status and decline in demand -a decline that...

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allowing employees to choose health-care coverage much like they choose DC plan investments makes the workers happier because they can customize health insurance...

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors need to get ready for participants knocking on their door come January, looking for advice on their 401(k) accounts after another...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 4,849 jobs in the dot.com sector fell under the axe in October, many of them in the travel industry, according to a report...

October 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department, citing limited resources, has decided not to weigh in on a lawsuit by AOL "volunteers" who claim they were entitled...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large US companies are making few major changes to their existing compensation programs, reducing their merit increase budget only slightly, and taking a wait-and-see...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell by 4.8% to $6.417 trillion in September, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI)'s survey...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Technological advances and the globalization of capital markets will force European stock exchanges to consolidate, resulting in a single pan-European clearing-house by 2006, according...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 93% of households with computers now have Internet access, and almost a third of these use their PCs to manage their...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multinational companies recognize the importance of controlling costs of their global benefit plans, but many aren't taking full advantage of the available cost-saving...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has scheduled the second of the three National Summits on Retirement Savings for early next year.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're nice to your employees, chances are you're also a business success.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Segal Company forecasts that retail prescription drug coverage should experience a 19.4% trend rate increase for active members and retirees under age...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past 18 months, UK retailer Boots PLC has shifted its entire £2.3 billion ($3.31 billion) defined benefit portfolio away from equities...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial Research Corp. reports that 17 of the 25 largest mutual fund companies saw net withdrawals from their stock and bond funds in...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SRI World Group, a financial consulting firm, has published a guide on socially responsible investment strategies for institutional investors.