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March 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the second time in as many days, President Bush pushed the notion of allowing Americans workers to invest part of their Social...

March 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Bancorp Asset Management Inc. will offer a national 529 college-savings plan in conjunction with the state of Oregon.

January 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former state Treasurer Paul Silvester turned himself in to authorities in Hartford after his bail was revoked and a federal judge ordered him...

January 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) The ranks of the unemployed swelled for the second consecutive week, as measured by the number of first time unemployment benefits claims, which rose...

March 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Treasury Department report predicts administrative headaches and possible stock market disruptions if Congress imposes limits on how much company stock participants...

March 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Web-based human resource service provider HRPath has formed a strategic partnership to offer The Online 401(k) program to its clients.

March 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants that save more and have larger balances are more likely to embrace the Internet as an information channel, according to a new...

March 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group and Ameritrade have joined forces to offer self-directed brokerage account services to 1.4 million retirement plan members of The...

March 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING US Financial Services has rebranded its Pilgrim and Aetna Funds and its variably annuity sub accounts under the name ING Funds.

March 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors may be able to get a clearer picture of the risks they are assuming with certain investments following the launch of a...

March 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CM Investment Management Inc. has renamed 29 Merrill Lynch Mutual Funds as the Renaissance Mutual Funds.

February 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lifestyle fund investors are more likely to be happy with the rate of return on their investments, according to a new survey.

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aaron Brothers Inc., a unit of arts and crafts retailer Michaels Stores, has settled a lawsuit claiming it didn't properly pay overtime to...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees who are actively job searching or would jump on a lucrative offer are, job scanners, who represent 'a potential time bomb' for...

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Drawing an analogy between a new era of individual and corporate responsibilities, President George W. Bush today unveiled a new series of pension...

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies don't have be certain that former employees receive notice of their medical benefits rights under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)...

February 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The easiest way for plan sponsors to stay out of trouble with the Internal Revenue Service is to read - and follow -...

February 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers had to dust off their contingency manuals last year, as work stoppages went from an all time-low in 1999 to a six-year...

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Acting quickly on the recommendations of a special task force, President Bush is expected to announce a series of pension proposals today, designed...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 1999 Paid time off was the most prevalent benefit offered by private employers to their workers, according to data from the Bureau...