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January 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While prescription drug costs have increased, they are still just 8.5% of total US healthcare expenses according to a new study.

January 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors might want to begin preparing for a severe case of "statement shock" as the nation's 32 million 401(k) participants begin opening...

December 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration has published the Year 2000 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs).

December 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Microsoft has settled the "permatemp" class-action lawsuit, filed in 1992 by temporary workers of the software giant, for $96.9 million.

December 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking to improve plan satisfaction should encourage participants to set retirement goals, a new study reports.

January 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Expanding telecommuting could improve productivity - and help workers better balance work and family demands, according to a report just released from the...

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chances that the US Supreme Court will use a long-running Colorado affirmative action dispute to decide the issue's constitutionality appeared to fizzle Wednesday...

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - AMIDEX Fund's Cancer Innovations & Healthcare Mutual Fund, the first index-based mutual fund focused on cancer cure companies, is open for business.

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF)'s CIO, Wendy Mayall, failed to reign in the rogue portfolio manager at the center of its £130 negligence case against...

November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ameritrade Holding Corporation and GMAC Bank have teamed up to provide a suite of online brokerage and financial capabilities to employees, retirees, shareholders and...

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wachovia has unveiled new enhancements to its Internet-based Wachovia Connection Plus, and now offers interactive wireless access and proactive notification.

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Chrysler will suspend its already trimmed 401(k) matching contributions in a cost-cutting measure and also plans to increase the number of jobs targeted...

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension system has officially - and dramatically - cut back on previously announced plans to invest as much as...

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's and PricewaterhouseCoopers' Unifi Network have rolled out their first joint alliance product, a one-stop retirement planning Web site.

November 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FleetBoston's Fleet Retirement Plan Services has selected Financial Engines to provide investment advice to participants of their defined contribution clients.

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First Union Benefit Services Group (BSG) has launched a new product, the Evergreen Connect k, an internet-based 401(k) product.

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wendy Mayall, chief investment officer of Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF) was on the defensive, in the group's £130 million negligence suit against Merrill...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The California Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court decision that would require Catholic Charities of Sacramento to offer its employees...

October 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) -This week the House Education & the Workforce Committee will conduct its markup on the so-called "Boehner?" bill, which attempts to broaden worker access to...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Labor Department has proposed temporarily waiving prohibited transaction rules to allow investment firms affiliated with retirement plans to make interest-free loans to...