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GE Offers Enhanced Indexing Product

January 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GE Asset Management is now offering plan sponsors an institutional enhanced indexing product, the US Research Enhanced S&P 500 product.
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Fiserv Picks Up TPA

January 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fiserv has acquired Benefit Planners, a third-party provider of administrative services for employee benefit programs.
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Hi-tech Job Hoppers Hop Often

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IT professionals only stay with their employers for an average of three years, according to people3's 2001 IT Market Compensation Study.
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Execs Say Company Stock Undervalued

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly two-thirds of top executives believe that their company's shares are undervalued and 71% expect an improvement in their company's stock price over...
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Study Tracks Senior Drug Spending

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of seniors using more than 30 prescriptions per year grew by 12% in three years, the costs of which continue to...
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Mutual Fund Returns Struggle in 2001

July 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first half of 2001 has been hard on equity mutual fund investors, with only 23% of the asset class reporting positive results,...
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Job Changers Increase in Q2

July 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By choice or otherwise, one in five working Americans changed employment status during the second quarter, according to a new survey.
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IT Salaries Still Getting Fatter

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The job market for IT professionals may not be as hot as it was last year, but these workers continue to command a...
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Suit Claims ?Good Health? Status Discriminates

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The Sacramento-based Californians for Disability Rights is suing Bank of America and Provident Insurance, alleging they discriminate against the disabled by asking unfair...
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Wage Costs Continue To Climb

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) The Employment Cost Index, the broadest measure of US labor costs, rose by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2001, implying that employers are...
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Initial Unemployment Claims Plunge

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - July's traditionally volatile initial unemployment insurance claims figures stayed true to form, swinging down to levels not seen since March this year, according...
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Equity Funds Relish Rebound in June

July 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock mutual funds enjoyed their best month of the year in June, attracting $18.4 billion, but that was still well below the monthly...
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ETF Assets Rise $2.8 Billion in June

July 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets invested in US exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rose to $75.56 billion at the end of June, up from $72.77 billion the previous...
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Large Employers Embrace Special Health Programs

July 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Over three-fourths (77%) of large US employers surveyed now offer their employees special health programs such as disease and medical management, flu vaccinations, baby...