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January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 1999, some 48% of employees in private establishments were offered a retirement plan by their employers, data from the Bureau of Labor...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers in the healthcare sector will make real economic gains in 2002 - their salaries are expected to outpace inflation this year, increasing...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Despite a rough year for equities, 14 stock markets around the world managed to record gains during 2001, according to Merrill Lynch.

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average starting salary for administrative professionals will rise just 0.4% this year, but a lot depends on what the job entails, according...

January 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Computer graphics chipmaker NVIDIA was the best performing stock in the S&P 500 in 2001, climbing 308% for the year according to Instinet...

February 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First Republic Bank will acquire the remaining stake in a Los Angeles convertible bond house and pension fund manager that it doesn't already...

December 31, 2001 (PlANSPONSOR.com) - It's been a bad year for US mutual funds - in fact, US diversified stock funds are down 10.6% through last Thursday -...

December 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US pension funds have gotten pounded in the last two years with assets underperforming liabilities by 37%, according to Ryan Labs Inc.

December 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer laid-off technology workers hit the street in December, with the lowest number of announced monthly firings in 18 months, according to a...

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock funds enjoyed a massive turnaround in November, as investors brought in nearly $15 billion compared with an inflow of less than $1...

December 28, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - After falling for three consecutive weeks, the number of the unemployed lining up to claim unemployment benefits edged up by 7,000 in the week...

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 2,699 mass layoff actions, those involving 50 or more employees, occurred in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee-recognition programs are becoming more common, and are likely to become even more so as cash-strapped employers are forced to explore new, low-cost...

December 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Professional women with more than two decades of experience in electro-technology and information-technology industries have higher median incomes than their male counterparts, a...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of help-wanted advertisements across the country dipped by 2%, from 46 to 45 between October and November, according to the Conference...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The performance of the stock market this year has left 401(k) balances substantially thinner than they were during the tech boom, causing those...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In identifying its top human resources technology trends for 2002, Watson Wyatt Worldwide examined those that produce tangible bottom-line benefits, finding that trends...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Between January and the close of November 2001, companies announced almost 1.8 million job cuts - almost triple the 2000 total and the...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Adam Barsky, chairman of the New York City Employees Retirement System, has resigned to join a hedge fund.

December 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After George W. Bush declared the War on Terrorism the US has deployed the largest number of military reservists since the Gulf War...