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December 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) submitted a statement to the House Financial Services Subcommittees on Capital Markets and Oversight...

December 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Committee on Financial Services says it will proceed with public hearings today ? although Enron and the chairman of the SEC...

December 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would permit $15.3 billion in railroad pension funds to be invested in private...

December 12, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investment's Workplace 529 College Investing Program was launched today allowing American workers to save for college through their employers' direct deposit programs.

December 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the official retirement plan limitations for tax year 2002, including the impact of the Economic Growth...

December 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A diabetic chlorine operator is not entitled to special workplace protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act because his fellow workers could be...

December 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lengthy list of Enron suits continued to expand yesterday, as the $96 billion Florida Retirement System said it would file a class-action...

December 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jack Ehnes, 50, has been selected as the new Chief Executive Officer of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the nation's third...

November 12, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) -In 2001 investment managers, operating in a market which has lost 20% of its value this year, will see a 30% contraction in pay compared...

November 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street has expanded its fixed income capabilities, hiring a 12-member team of institutional municipal bond specialists, formerly of Wachovia Securities.

December 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Open Market Committee sliced another quarter percent off its federal funds rate target, to provide the economy with some much-needed stimulus

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Along with stocks, hedge funds finally snapped their three-month streak of losses in October, rising 1.27% on average, according to research and consulting firm...

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -While nearly 60% of current mutual fund holders made their first such purchase through a defined contribution plan, only about a third today hold...

November 12, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - ADP Employer Services has introduced iPayStatements, which gives employees online access to their payroll information.

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Avon Products has teamed up with MONY Benefits Service to introduce a retirement savings program for its 500,000 independent sales representatives in the...

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates has released its estimate for the Section 414(q) pay threshold for designating highly compensated employees -- several weeks before the official...

November 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- Plan sponsors may need to set another place at disciplinary hearings, following the ruling of a federal court.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors is combining part of its US defined contribution business with its US Institutional Business channel, according to an internal memo...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Virginia Governor-elect Mark Warner on Monday named William Leighty, director of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), as his new chief of staff.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Medicare recipients can sue their HMOs if they are wrongly denied necessary medical treatment, the US Supreme Court ruled as the justices...