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August 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Workers should have more paid vacation, according to the majority of HR professionals participating in a recent poll.

August 23, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) Health plan costs at small and mid-sized companies rose by 9.2% last year, outpacing the inflation rate for the third consecutive year, a new report...

August 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank One says it has fired at least 150 human resources workers, as the fifth-largest US bank cuts back on hiring and staffing.

August 23, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets invested in exchange traded funds (ETFs) added up to $75.52 billion at the close of July 2001, a decrease of $40 million on...

August 22, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) Lucent, Philips, Cap Gemini - mass layoffs have been adding up, reaching 1,911 in the second quarter of the year, according to preliminary data released...

August 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to the nation's unit investment trusts rose to $7.24 billion in July, the second straight month-over-month increase and a significant improvement over...

August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Morningstar Investment Services has named Art Lutschaunig as chief investment officer.

August 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trust and Custody service provider, Mellon Financial Corporation has promoted Vince Sands to the position of executive director of Mellon Global Securities Services (GSS),...

August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors bailed out of equity mutual funds for the first time since March last month, yanking about $1.5 billion, according to data from...

August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bid to revive sluggish US economic growth, the Federal Reserve cut its key federal funds interest rate by a quarter of...

August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though retirement savers are more tolerant than other investors in the face of market jitters, plan sponsors should be reinforcing the message...

August 20, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half the respondents in a survey of working women who suffer from migraines reported that their migraines affected their ability to function...

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) made just a few changes to its MSCI Standard Indexes as part of its quarterly index rebalancing.

August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In July, an unrelenting stream of negative economic news kept the market in the doldrums, with the Average US Hedge Fund decreasing by...

August 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The interim head of Retirement Services at Prudential Financial, Scott Sleyster, has officially been given the job.

August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment claims dipped to 380,000 in the week ending August 11, falling by 8,000 from the previous week's 388,000 level, according to...

August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? In the face of rising prescription costs, many healthcare organizations are using three-tier systems as a way of containing costs, a new report...

August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost half of today's college students expect to pay their dues and perform menial tasks at their first job, according to the latest...

August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index came in totally flat at 0.0% for July 2001, with gains in dedicated short bias and convertible arbitrage...

August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of users visiting career sites on the Internet increased by 32.2% in the last six months, according to Internet analysis and...