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February 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Washington and industry insiders alike believe that President Bush's 401(k) plan proposals are a step in the right direction.

February 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush continued to tout his new pension proposal over the weekend, as plan sponsors tried to figure out what it meant for...

February 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform's champions have teamed up again - this time with a bill that purports to offer participants greater latitude in managing their...

January 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MetLife Resources will offer Financial Engines online investment advice available to 403(b) and 401(k) plan participants.

January 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) can play an important diversification role in a portfolio, but sponsors of defined benefit plans have been slow to...

April 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund returns were all over the board in the first quarter, but broadly speaking, investors had little to cheer about.

April 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express Financial Corp., has moved the management of two of its mutual funds and three of its variable annuity portfolios to its...

January 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Financial Corporation completed its acquisition of Unifi Network, a subsidiary of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

January 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the heavy job losses that have plagued the economy, US workers paychecks got 0.5% fatter in both November and December of 2001,...

April 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half the information supplied on employment applications differs from that supplied by past employers, a study from ADP Screening and Selection Services...

April 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smoking in Floridian workplaces would be illegal under a proposed constitutional amendment approved unanimously by the state Supreme Court last week.

March 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American worker has been through a lot in the past two years - but their benefits priorities remain remarkably consistent, according to...

March 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George W. Bush has appointed ten of the thirteen members to the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce, according to Secretary...

March 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest reading of the Conference Board's Help Wanted Advertising Index, a rough gauge of prospects for job hunters, points to a job...

(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most stock and bond fund categories gained ground in the first quarter, although the best performers probably weren't in your 401(k) menu.

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of US workers filing for first-time unemployment benefits jumped up by a larger-than-expected 4.7% during the week ending March 23, a...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fixed-income investments had a blockbuster year in 2001 because of plummeting interest rates, but the ongoing economic recovery may make 2002 a volatile...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A second UK bank will back-date pension benefits for its part-time workers.

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hit in recent months with a handful of employee discrimination claims, Ford Motor Co. has settled one of the diversity lawsuits that charged...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HSBC, one of Britain's largest banks, will grant back-dated pension benefits to part-time employees for stints at the bank in the last 26...