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June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MSCI and Standard & Poor's plan to introduce GICS Direct, a jointly developed and marketed product that will provide the investment community with...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts attracted $1.13 billion in assets in May, a dramatic decrease from the $12.5 billion deposited a year ago, according to...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The California Teachers? Retirement Board is expected at its July 12 meeting to start the process of replacing the newly resigned head of...

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly all (96%) of employers say that paid-time off (PTO) is an effective way to attract and retain talent, but many firms do...

June 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New jobless claims fell for the third week in a row last week, sending signals that the pace of corporate layoffs may be...

June 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trading in depositary receipts is up 21% from a year ago, suggesting strong investor interest in international market investing, according to the Bank...

June 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As widely expected, the Federal Reserve has cut short-term US interest rates a quarter percentage point to try to spark the nation's economy.

June 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Large-company directors tend to get paid more in cash than their mid-and-small company counterparts, are more likely to get employee benefits, and are more...

June 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) today unveiled its new Code of Ethics, offering HR pros a standard for professional conduct.

June 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Employers are reporting a greater diversity of religious preferences among workers and are increasingly being asked to accommodate those differences, according to a new...

June 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity has unveiled Fidelity's Full View, an enhanced online tool that can automatically integrate Fidelity-serviced workplace savings plan accounts with an investor's retail...

June 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Reflecting both the challenging economy and the evolving human resource function, pay for some higher level HR jobs is sharply on the rise...

June 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee referral programs (ERPs) are one of the most cost-effective recruiting methods available to find qualified candidates.

June 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) dropped slightly in May to $72.77 billion, down up from April's total of $73.30...

June 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants regained some of their fondness for equity investments in May, and for the second month in a row nearly half of the...

June 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? President Bush plans to nominate Emily Stover DeRocco as assistant secretary of labor for employment and training.

June 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell Company has published the latest additions and deletions to its stock indexes, and technology stocks have taken a real drubbing in...

June 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity Index provider FTSE will announce the companies included in their new socially responsible FTSE4Good index series on July 10.

June 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two white managers for Ford Motor are suing the automaker, alleging they were passed over for promotions in favor of women and minorities.

June 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR .com) - Despite recent economic woes, nearly half (46%) of recruiters still expect to make more $100k+ hires this year than last year, and...