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September 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant investment returned to normal levels on Tuesday, in line with those seen the week preceding the terrorist attacks on New York City...

September 20, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stocks continued their downhill spiral on the fourth day of trading since terrorists devastated New York's financial district last week.

September 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? President Bush has selected three new members of the Advisory Committee of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and has designated a chairperson of...

September 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan participants reentered the market with a vengeance on Monday, transferring some $400 million in plan assets, on a net basis, to fixed...

September 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Consumer prices rose by just 0.1% in August, but medical costs continued to surge, according to the Labor Department.

September 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock markets regained their footing yesterday, but there weren?t enough bargain-hunters to keep an early rally alive.

September 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stocks managed to eke out some small gains at mid-day Tuesday, as investors appeared to regain some confidence in the wake of...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report finds that after a major downsizing, employees who survived were more than twice as likely to take sick leave than...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) reported that the first day of trading since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was a...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On the first trading day since terrorists decimated New York's World Trade Center, investors' jitters sent stocks reeling to their lowest levels in...

September 17, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 66 iShares exchange traded funds from Barclays Global Investors that normally trade on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) are temporarily available for trading...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 600 points at one point, after trading resumed following the terrorist attack on the...

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After the longest closing since the Great Depression, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shakily opened for business this morning.

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Afternoon trading volume was heavy, with new economy stocks and shares at financial firms and airlines continuing to flag.

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Open Market Committee cut the key federal funds rate by 0.5% to 3%.

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) has made alternate trading arrangements for equities and exchange traded funds (ETFs).

September 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp has reached an agreement with United Steelworkers of America, which will change the labor contract, pension and insurance plans for some...

September 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of plan sponsors linked up in a teleconference sponsored by Hewitt Associates today to discuss alternative approaches and challenges in the aftermath...

September 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A potential collapse of One Liberty Plaza, the Nasdaq Stock Market's New York headquarters reported to be in danger of toppling, would have...

September 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transfers by 401(k) participants in August maintained the trend set in earlier months of 2001, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.