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February 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's all in the name, almost.

February 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six new institutional investment funds have been added to the CIGNA Charter Funds Family, the company announced Monday.

May 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt is joining The Carlyle Group, a Washington, DC, investment firm.

May 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global markets rebounded in April following the surprise interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, with gains recorded on most exchanges.

May 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The winners of a new promotion by American Express Retirement Services to push its retirement plan web site can walk off with a...

May 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock mutual funds suffered their largest monthly net cash outflow ever in March, more than $20 billion, according to the Investment Company...

January 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has proposed regulations that would impose conditions on health coverage reductions once excess pension assets have been transferred to a health...

April 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital seems likely to continue its funding slump this year, according to a new survey.

April 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the weekend Dennis Tito, founder of investment consultant Wilshire Associates, got his $20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket to the...

April 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has nominated Eugene Scalia, son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be solicitor of labor.

April 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees could be getting an extra check in July, courtesy of a government computer glitch.

April 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The vast majority of small and mid-size company employees are staying put with their 401(k) investments, despite their anxiety about the stock market's...

April 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rose 2.6% in March to $66.03 billion at month-end, up from a revised $64.34...

April 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dot.coms have already cut a record 17,554 jobs in April, up more than 80% from a month ago.

April 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securities lawyer Harvey Pitt, a former general counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has emerged as the Bush administration's favorite for...

April 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first quarter's volatile markets saw the country's largest fixed income fund outsell all US equity funds for the third consecutive month.

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial claims for unemployment insurance increased by 4.6% from the previous week's total of 390,000 to a new five-year record of 408,000.

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health insurance was found to be the highest employee benefit cost in 1999, averaging $2,777 per employee.

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has launched an outreach campaign targeting public employees throughout the state, designating May as Retirement Planning...

April 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study of 200 patients with suspected Carpal Tunnel Syndrome shows that the disorder tends to run in families.