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April 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of WorldCom workers has accused the telecommunications company of discriminating against them based on race, age and sex.

August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The iShares MSCI EAFE exchange traded fund (ETF) from Barclays Global Investors will begin trading on the American Stock Exchange tomorrow, offering ETF...

August 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors can keep abreast of developments in the retirement industry by logging onto a new online seminar series from Northern Trust Retirement Consulting...

August 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If the Clinton Administration has its way, there will be no more "wear-away" of retirement benefits as part of a conversion to a...

April 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - UBS Global Asset Management has named Brian Storms chief executive officer effective July 1, succeeding Benjamin Lenhardt, who will remain chairman of UBS...

August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon is in talks to buy Unifi Network, PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PWC) human-resources practice, sources close to the talks say.

August 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average 401(k) salary deferral rate was 5.4% in 1999, up more than 28% from 1991's 4.2% average, according to the Profit Sharing/401(k)...

April 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care continues to be the sector in which Global 500 corporations rely the most on Web sites as a recruiting tool with...

July 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of minority-owned businesses in the US continues to rise, and nearly 40% of them are owned by women, according to the...

July 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate bond investing has been treacherous this year, with more corporate bond defaults in the first six months than in all of 2000,...

July 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The second quarter lemon list, which lists the 401(k) funds that have performed worse than their peer group averages, has been posted.

July 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Today Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao kicks off a series of hearings on work-related injuries --but key Democrats have already accused the forum of...

July 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsor clients of The Chicago Trust Company will be able to provide their plan participants with access to mPower's advice services and...

July 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Employers prevail in more than two-thirds of job discrimination suits in federal court ? and then win nearly half of the cases lost...

June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has turned aside a bid from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. to limit disclosure of company salary and promotion...

June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant loan repayments become assets of an employer retirement plan as soon as they can reasonably be separated from the company's general funds.

June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new training program unveiled by a Des Moines, Iowa company covers the always sticky topic of business ethics.

June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) clients of Pan-American Life will have a wider fund choice as the New Orleans-based financial services company adds 18 fund options to...

June 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union annual financial reports are now more accessible now that they have been posted on a new US Department of Labor (DoL) Web...

June 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and employees have been subjected to a great deal of information - and potential misinformation - about cash balance conversions over...