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October 9, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Working Mother magazine has released its 16th annual list of the 100 companies best at helping working mothers balance their careers with motherhood.

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Centennial Bank and Portland, Oregon-based ConceroGroup are joining forces to sell insurance products to small businesses through the bank's Web site.

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation on Monday introduced Plus40, a guaranteed issue term life insurance rider.

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsor clients of the Union Bank of California (UBOC) will soon be able to set up and manage 401(k) plans via Internet-based...

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has accused Wall Street brokerage Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. of discriminating against a top bond...

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A California appellate court has unanimously struck down five state laws that allow racial and gender preferences.

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wachovia is planning to launch the First Union Absolute Return Fund, its first multi-manager hedge fund that invests entirely in non-directional strategies.

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federated Investors will provide online advice to its 75,000 retirement plan clients through Morningstar's ClearFuture product.

October 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary estimates show the Average U.S. Hedge Fund fell 2.3% net in September, according to Steven A. Lonsdorf, CEO of Van Hedge Fund...

October 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securities and Exchange Commissioner Laura Unger plans to leave the agency by the close of 2001.

October 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Recently retired Bank of America Chairman Hugh McColl, 66, is back in business ? forming McColl Partners, a boutique mergers and acquisitions advisory...

September 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Houston-based institutional money manager Fayez Sarofim has taken itself off the block, pulling out of a potential deal with a European acquirer, people...

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A "series of trading irregularities" which enriched some Merrill Lynch Investment Managers' clients at others expense has led to the firings of two...

September 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private equity fund investment soared 67% to a record $225 billion in 2000 from the previous year, but don't look for a repeat...

October 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ability to work well with others tops the list of "must have" attributes for management candidates, cited by 26% of chief financial...

August 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Governor Mike Easley of North Carolina is making a habit of funding his state's budget deficit with pension money.

August 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- Two pension plans and an investment advisory firm have allegedly fallen victim to a fraudulent trading scheme by pension fund manager Alan Bond, to...

October 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fresh off its defeat at Nissan, the United Auto Workers is reportedly considering organizing workers at Honda's four Ohio plants.

August 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public retirement systems are in good financial shape, according to a new survey conducted by the Public Pension Coordinating Council.

October 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In one of the most volatile and unsettling months in history, participants stirred, but only just barely.