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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 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees could forfeit some of the prescription drug coverage they get from retirement or state plans if Medicare added a drug benefit, according...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average length of a hospital stay in the US declined from more than 7 days in 1980 to 5 days in 1999,...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, formerly Secretary's Day, careers web site Monster.com asked respondents what they thought of the job title "secretary".

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Investment Managers plans to list a new European exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 index.

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants and plan sponsors alike could certainly be experiencing motion sickness, with the daily change in the widely represented S&P 500 index hitting...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Interrelated data on wage levels and benefit plan details will now be available from a single source, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS)...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An American Airlines flight attendant has filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claiming her employee health plan is discriminatory...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US investors reacted to a slumping stock market by pulling a record $15.4 billion out of stock mutual funds last month, according to...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors should jettison underperforming funds in order to raise cash for better investing days ahead -- even if those funds come from the...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The same factors that encourage small business owners to become entrepreneurs also tend to discourage participation in retirement plans - and might tend...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of America and the American Council of Life Insurers has found that 40% of workers have...

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of declining markets, Delaware investments has announced plans to eliminate 14 of its retail mutual funds this year.

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - So far, 2001 has been a brutal year for UK pension fund mangers, with returns languishing at levels not seen since 1974.

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers are finding a greater array of worklife benefit options, thanks to the still-tight labor market, according to a survey of 1,020 US...

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two-thirds of technology workers over the age of 45 say age discrimination is a significant problem in their field, according to a recent...

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters of American employers are now keeping tabs on their employees, twice the number just four years ago, according to a...

April 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by Gartner, a research firm, found that employees spend an average of 49 minutes per day going through their e-mails.