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November 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half - 44% - of the increase in health care costs last year were associated with pharmaceutical costs, according to a new...

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly received the 2000 Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Pinnacle Award, recognizing its success in establishing Treasury as a strategic...

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New ergonomics standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) could be issued today - but the controversial measure is currently embroiled...

December 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension system has set a timetable for selecting new emerging markets managers under new standards.

December 11, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com)—California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento, has committed $219 million in additional alternative investments, and approved its first investments in biotechnology.

December 11, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com)-The U.S. Senate Thursday passed a bankruptcy reform bill that contains protections for contract netting in the event of the insolvency of a large financial...

December 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Motorola has opted to offer Financial Engines Investment Advisor service to their 72,000 employees, beginning next year. Motorola is the third Fortune 100...

December 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services added the Oppenheimer Global Fund to its 401(k) fund choice roster, providing an alternative to the Janus Worldwide Fund which...

November 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The most common mistake made in filing handwritten Forms 5500 is that plan sponsors forget to sign the form, according to Carl Walston,...

October 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Connecticut treasurer Paul Silvester has agreed to pay $10,500 to settle a civil fraud suit alleging he invested state pension fund money...

September 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan participants were content to leave well enough alone in August, with quiet trading reported by the Hewitt 401(k) index.

November 8, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While participant transfers remained within "normal" parameters during October, the pace quickened overall according to the Hewitt 401(k) index.

November 8 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers may have to ante up a bit more for those college grads this year, with the average starting salary now topping $37,000/year, up...

November 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The defined contribution balance "gender gap" between the sexes has narrowed somewhat in recent years, due largely to increased savings of middle-aged women.

May 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement security crisis is looming if the decline in defined benefit plans is not reversed, said David Strauss, Executive Director of the...

May 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIEBA, an organization representing large corporate pension funds, Wednesday announced that it has affiliated with the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), formerly the...

May 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DLJdirect is entering the self-directed brokerage 401(k) business, via a partnership with Nationwide Financial, offering DLJdirect online brokerage services to participants in employee...

April 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A last-minute addition to a pending bankruptcy reform bill could put millions of Americans' retirement savings at risk.

November 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number (39%) of Americans believe health care has worsened in the past five years, but 43% of those that have actually...

November 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors and DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler unit are the latest to connect their employees with the Internet, as part of a broad deal with...