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May 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the wake of slipping markets and a precarious economy, American workers seem less confident about the prospects for a comfortable retirement and...

September 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although nearly half (48%) of Americans had some kind of problem with their health plan in the last year, roughly two-thirds give their...

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pacific Gas & Electric managed to award $50 million in employee bonuses, just 24 hours prior to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

April 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Highlighting the increased appeal of the Internet to plan sponsors, The Principal Financial Group Thursday reported a 700% increase in online transactions by...

September 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a series of interest rate cuts in markets around the world, global equity markets tumbled in August as the FTSE All-World Index...

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - British fund manager Invesco plans to offer rival funds, in addition to its own products, in its defined contribution investment service.

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost 40,000 former National Airline (NAL) employees have added their names, and doubled the size of the class, in a suit brought against...

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Friday, a pension reform bill was introduced in the Senate, but co-sponsor Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) said that budget constraints could delay...

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush's budget would extend all tax breaks currently scheduled to expire in 2001, including several of key interest to employers.

February 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is planning to launch a new series of European exchange-traded funds (ETFs), based on MSCI indices.

February 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 150 major institutional investors and shareholders of AT&T, including public and Taft-Hartley pension funds, joined in a conference call to discuss...

August 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cash flows to the nation's equity mutual funds were considerably more bearish in July, with a net outflow of $1.23 billion compared with...

August 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Americans favor a patients' bill of rights, that support doesn't necessarily include an unlimited right to sue, according to a new survey.

August 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has launched an index measuring performance in the collateralized debt(CDO) market.

August 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over two-thirds of the respondents in an AFL-CIO survey of employee opinion support more protection for their rights, compared to 14% who said...

August 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Conference Board's Help-Wanted Advertising Index, a measure of the US job market, remained flat in July.

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many of today's job seekers have society's interests at heart, according to a recent poll.

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace drug testing is becoming standard procedure, a recent survey reveals.

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 6,000 of Ford Motor Company's top executives including chief executive Jacques Nasser will not receive bonuses this year, according to a report...

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 95% of respondents to a survey by the Liberty Mutual Group believe workplace safety has a positive impact on a company's...