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April 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) says it will discontinue the creation of Defined Asset Funds, also known as unit investment trusts (UITs), in...

April 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund management fees soared in the first quarter, pumped by a booming stock market and strong asset growth, according to Dow Jones.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing's (3M) "Your Benefits" booklet promised retirees "lifetime" medical benefits, former workers still weren't legally entitled to them...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Representative Henry Waxman (D-California) wants former Enron President Jeff Skilling to tell his side of meetings with the California Public Employees Retirement System...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just days prior to going to trial, Arthur Andersen LLP has agreed to pay $217 million to resolve all pending litigation in connection...

March 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US mutual funds with foreign holdings might be pricing their funds inaccurately, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission official.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's pension insurer has picked up another underfunded pension plan - and no, it's not Enron's.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in benefit programs offered by clients of Prudential Financial Inc's Group Insurance can now register online or by phone.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of South Carolina has unveiled a 529 college savings plan called Future Scholar.

April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers seeking to attract and retain women need to emphasize results and not the hours spent in the office, a consulting firm says.

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite Coca-Cola's $192.5 million race bias settlement, a dissident group of African-American coke workers are pressing ahead to have their claims decided by...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a shareholder vote on that contentious $22 billion Hewlett-Packard/Compaq acquisition deal nears, a major proxy advisory firm says it will weigh in...

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lies on job applications during the last quarter of 2001 jumped by 20% with 30-something men most likely to tell tall employment tales,...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven out of ten Americans plan to save more in their employer-sponsored retirement plans this year, a new survey finds.

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Support staff members don't get much respect.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the last 10 years, the number of expatriate workers covered by traditional pension plans has fallen by half, a new survey by...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A third of US company payrolls in 2000 were dedicated to employee benefits with health insurance the most expensive part of those costs,...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American public won't get to see the Enron debacle played out in front of a Houston federal court judge and jury until...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite early signs of a global recovery in February, the FTSE All-World index inched down a further 1.1% in US dollar terms, plagued...

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Baring Asset Management, a unit of ING Group, has appointed David Brennan chairman and chief executive, effective July 1.