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August 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock mutual fund investors took $1.9 billion out the funds for the week ending August 7, according to AMG Data Services.

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Democratic leaders in the Florida Legislature are now backing a proposal to combat corporate fraud, a Tallahassee Democrat news report indicated.

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Corp is rolling out a new hedge fund-like mutual fund that may give stock market shocked investors an alternative investment.

August 20, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING Furman Selz Asset Management, a unit of ING Aeltus Group, which has been expanding its alternative investment business, has launched two offshore hedge...

August 20, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can now use a new tool on Prudential Retirement Services' Web site to create customized reports.

August 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A newspaper reporter unable to use a computer keyboard due to repetitive stress injuries was nonetheless barred from a recovery under the Americans...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds outperformed the major equity indices last month, according to a preliminary report from Van Hedge Fund Advisors.

August 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting written comments on the extension of the existing collection of information related to the payment...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Charles Schwab Corp. and Barclays are making personnel changes in their investment areas.

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite increasing talk about a "double dip" recession, the nation's employment picture is signaling a slowly improving labor market with fewer than expected...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock markets and accounting scandals gave investors heartburn in July, and participants were no exception, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Five of this year's top performing mutual funds are profiting from short selling strategies because of the still struggling markets, Standard & Poor's...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Individual investors may be fleeing equities for the safe harbor offered by bonds and cash, but many pension funds are headed in the...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the latest of a string of black marks against a troubled Pittsburgh investment manager, the Retirement Board of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) is...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett thinks corporate managements got swept up in the exuberant late 1990s bull market, leading them to forecast gains on...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With increasing numbers of companies announcing they would now voluntarily expense employee stock options, the nation's accounting standards board has agreed to help...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are ominous indications in Sacramento at the nation's largest pension fund, the $150 billion California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Perdue Farms has agreed to pay $10 million in back pay for more than 60,000 employees as part of a settlement of a...

August 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most New York-area companies offer a 401(k) and/or a pension plan to employees, according to a new survey.

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Stock Exchange (Amex) opened trading in three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) created by Barclays Global Investors.