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April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a partnership with online-education company UNext, General Motors is offering employees a chance to get online MBAs.

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has ruled that eating is a "major life activity", allowing a job applicant's suit under the Americans with Disabilities...

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American firms were handing out pink slips in March at the fastest pace since 1993, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

May 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than half (55%) of working Americans would accept a reduction in their benefits it they could direct part of their social security...

May 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Insurance giant Allstate Corp is going into the banking business with plans to launch Allstate Bank nationwide.

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the week ending March 31, the number of claims for first-time unemployment insurance benefits increased to the highest level in two years.

May 16, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Perrin Tuesday announced the launch of its Strategic Benefits Financing service, aimed at reducing benefit costs and capitalizing on the value of...

May 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch is closing its Internet Strategies Fund barely a year after launching it at NASDAQ's March 2000 peak.

May 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment banks Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers and UBS Warburg have bought equity stakes in the electronic bond trading firm BondBook LLC.

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would provide tax credits to help uninsured Americans obtain health insurance.

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court in Philadelphia dismissed significant portions of a lawsuit against New York Life that challenged the investment of employee and...

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American women earn 76 cents for every dollar a man makes - the equivalent of working one week without pay per month, according...

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Research conducted by the Employment Policy Foundation (EPF) found no indication of discrimination against employees with children.

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has allowed a group of past and present employees of the Federal Reserve to continue with a lawsuit against their...

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock funds suffered their worst quarter in more than two years, according to final data from fund tracker Lipper.

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Proxy advisory firm Proxy Monitor has softened its position against shareholder ratification of auditors who bill "disproportionate" fees for non-audit work to companies...

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Benefit Services expands its DB Complete Client Access to simplify program management for defined benefit plan sponsors.

April 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants responded to March's turbulent market volatility with the highest transfer activity since last July - but may have sold "low", according to...

April 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers will be looking to hire 900,000 information technology workers this year, just half of last year's projected need.

April 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.COM)- In today's tight labor market, the vast majority of employers are turning temporary help into full-time workers, according to a new survey.