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March 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nineties tech-boom trend that saw more and more businesses adopting casual dress policies in may be reversing as the economy wanes, according...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard Insurance Company has developed a new Web-based tool to help plan sponsors manage participant contribution data.

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has proposed a new rule that forces firms to deduct the value of employee stock options from their...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors interested in expanding their investment lineup may want to consider two new equity funds from the American Express Financial Corporation (AEFC).

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following a review of its business units in the UK, Sun Life Financial Services of Canada has decided to sell its UK subsidiary, Sun...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar has introduced 16 US Equity indexes and launched a Web site with more index information.

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants contribute 6.8% of their pre-tax dollars to their retirement plans, a new study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute and the Investment...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revamped the portion of its Web site covering retirement plans.

October 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard is overhauling its annual fund reports, offering larger print, more graphics and benchmark comparisons that should make it easier for investors -...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hartford, Connecticut-based Advest has picked BISYS to provide the recordkeeping for its private-labeled Individual(k) retirement plan product.

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the fourth year in a row large employers will be forced to deal with double-digit healthcare cost increases, according to preliminary results...

October 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite threats of a Presidential veto, the House of Representatives Thursday passed HR 2614, a tax bill containing the bipartisan retirement savings package....

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two of the nation's heaviest hitters among US pension funds are setting their sights on corporate director pay levels at US companies.

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has offered some guidance for plan sponsors on the ?saver?s credit,? an income tax credit for lower-income individuals...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 56% of Canadian women responding to a survey said they have held fast in their investments despite the lingering bear markets and...

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, on a party-line vote of 23 to 14, approved a $100 billion package of GOP-drafted tax...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping portfolio values and a declining interest rate benchmark have plan sponsors reeling from the one-two punch of higher pension liabilities and declining asset...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has declared October 27 ?assistance day? for Silicon Valley taxpayers who can't afford to pay the tax bills stemming from...

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has agreed to pump $264 million into its pension plan as part of an agreement with the federal pension insurer.

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A £130 million negligence case brought by Unilever's pension fund against Merrill Lynch's Mercury Asset Management has finally gone to trial in the...