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April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - McDonald's Corporation's recent decision to discontinue its automatic enrollment program raised a few eyebrows. After all, the famed franchise was the first to...

April 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunTrust Banks, Inc has acquired Asset Management Advisors (AMA), a specialized wealth management firm for an undisclosed amount.

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.

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio has chosen First Mercantile as its partner in providing Retirement Direct, the bank's 401(k) targeted at small...

April 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The boundaries of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which forbids discrimination against disabled workers, are set to be tested as the...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a case involving a 400lb woman with a genetic metabolic disorder, New Jersey Supreme Court justices for the first time recognized morbid...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US bond funds edged up by 0.28% in the first quarter of the year, lagging behind the 0.36% return of stock funds, as...

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...