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January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadians will make few changes to their retirement saving plans in the RRSP season, according to a poll by Manulife Financial.

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Finally, the labor market trend has turned, with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.6% in January, according to the Department of Labor (DoL).

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital fundraising is stabilizing, according to data from research firm VentureOne.

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is stepping down from her post at the end of the...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FRI Corporation has launched version 4.0 of the portfolio management and accounting application, Raison SPS - for money managers and institutional investors.

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what Watson Wyatt interprets as a sign that more companies are tying executives' pay to corporate performance, the median chief executive officer's...

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enron may be dominating the news, but a recent survey by an industry group didn't find much effect of the growing scandal on...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 2001 dividend payments on the S&P 500 index fell by 3.3% - the largest decline since a 4.1% drop in 1951, according...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public pension funds are becoming increasingly aggressive on the securities litigation front - with the Florida State Board of Administration (FSBA) at the...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? While a growing number of workers are eligible for pension plans, the percentage opting to participate is declining, according to new research by...

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cost of employing workers grew over the fourth quarter - but at a slower rate than in the previous quarter, according to...

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial jobless claims, recently at a six-month low, have risen by 30,000 in the latest week, according to the Department of Labor (DoL).

(PLANSPONSOR.com) - New criteria have been set for inclusion in the TSE 300 index, with company size and liquidity being the chief attributes considered, just one of a...

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The dot.com job bloodbath appears to be letting up.

January 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's job market may have improved slightly in December, but is not nearly back to its level one year ago, The Conference...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock funds attracted $3.4 billion in new money in December, a mere trickle compared to the $15.3 billion worth of inflows in November,...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Open Market Committee decided to leave the Fed funds interest rate unchanged at 1.75%, reasoning that the outlook for economic recovery...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controlling health costs and planning for retirement topped the agendas of benefits specialists surveyed by The International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists...

January 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This year, executives shouldn't expect the fat bonus paychecks that they've become accustomed to, a consulting group survey found.

January 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A majority of human resource professionals feel that high school graduates are not qualified to enter the workforce, a survey by the Society...