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April 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar ClearFuture, an online retirement advice feature for plan sponsors, will be available to customers of Franklin Templeton's record keeping and defined contribution...

April 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FreeERISA.com has launched an interactive Benefits Forum on its Web site, offering users an opportunity to interact with industry experts on selected topics.

April 11, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The TIAA-CREF Institute sponsored its first Corporate Governance Forum, where issues related to executive pay were up for discussion.

April 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research suggests that users of online financial advice are more likely to use human advisors, and are likely to use them more...

April 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CWA has agreed to withdraw the lawsuit filed jointly with the AFL-CIO and Amalgamated Bank, against AT&T.

April 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - France's Societe Generale SA has agreed to buy 51% of TCW, parent of Trust Co. of the West, the latest European acquisition of...

November 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The US unemployment rate increased by a staggering 0.5%, reaching 5.4% in October, a month that saw the economy losing 415,000 jobs, according to...

November 2, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors increased their positions in stock funds in October after seeking refuge in fixed income and money market accounts in September, according to a...

November 2, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The HMO requirement that patients be referred to specialists by their primary care physicians doesn't have much of an impact on cost, a new...

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 28% of companies plan to make changes to their base salary budgets for next year, despite the economic downturn and drop in demand,...

November, 2001 - Retirees fear health benefits cutbacks at Big Blue next year

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average corporate pension plan shrink by 11.1%, and the average public plan lose 11.8% on a year to date basis, and an increasing...

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans lining up for initial unemployment benefits shrank by 2% in the week ending October 27. However, continuing claims rose...

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The FTSE All-World Index increased by 2% in October as markets rebounded from the lows following September's terrorist attacks, all regions, apart from...

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Clearstream International, one of Europe's two international clearing and settlement organizations, may sell out to rival Euroclear or to Clearstream's 50% shareholder, Deutsche...

January 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that has implications for executive benefit programs, the IRS has issued interim guidance on the tax treatment of split-dollar life...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury has announced plans to eliminate the 30-year Treasury bond, citing its loss of benchmark status and decline in demand -a decline that...

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Allowing employees to choose health-care coverage much like they choose DC plan investments makes the workers happier because they can customize health insurance...

October 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors need to get ready for participants knocking on their door come January, looking for advice on their 401(k) accounts after another...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 4,849 jobs in the dot.com sector fell under the axe in October, many of them in the travel industry, according to a report...