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October 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department, citing limited resources, has decided not to weigh in on a lawsuit by AOL "volunteers" who claim they were entitled...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large US companies are making few major changes to their existing compensation programs, reducing their merit increase budget only slightly, and taking a wait-and-see...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell by 4.8% to $6.417 trillion in September, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI)'s survey...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Technological advances and the globalization of capital markets will force European stock exchanges to consolidate, resulting in a single pan-European clearing-house by 2006, according...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 93% of households with computers now have Internet access, and almost a third of these use their PCs to manage their...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multinational companies recognize the importance of controlling costs of their global benefit plans, but many aren't taking full advantage of the available cost-saving...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has scheduled the second of the three National Summits on Retirement Savings for early next year.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you're nice to your employees, chances are you're also a business success.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Segal Company forecasts that retail prescription drug coverage should experience a 19.4% trend rate increase for active members and retirees under age...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past 18 months, UK retailer Boots PLC has shifted its entire £2.3 billion ($3.31 billion) defined benefit portfolio away from equities...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial Research Corp. reports that 17 of the 25 largest mutual fund companies saw net withdrawals from their stock and bond funds in...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SRI World Group, a financial consulting firm, has published a guide on socially responsible investment strategies for institutional investors.

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell Company has tapped Donald G. Gartlan, Jr. to lead its charge into the managed accounts business with Fidelity Investments Institutional Brokerage...

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US organizations will spend nearly $57 billion on training this year, up 5% from the $54 billion spent last year, according to Training...

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors has announced that three international regional iShares exchange funds (ETFs) have begun trading on the American Stock Exchange.

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 1,316 mass layoff events, involving 50 or more employees, occurred in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

October 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans remaining on the unemployment rolls in the week ending October 13, the latest week for which data is available, surged...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you are a sponsor considering the addition of some new funds to your plan's offerings, checking out Doug Fabian's Lemon List might...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Edmund Jenkins, chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), will retire at the end of his five-year term on June 30 next...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Stephen Cutler as Enforcement Director.