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August 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While we were on the subject of resumes, I asked readers to share some of the oddest things they had seen - or...

August 6, 1009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week I asked readers if their job was more stressful today than a year ago - and how they were dealing with...

August 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We're often counseled to keep our resumes "current," regardless of our current comfort/security with our current position (after all, you never know when...

As a kid, I remember sitting in church listening to a sermon about what I have since come to know as the "parable of the talents," found in...

August 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - The new world of 403(b) retirement programs has dramatically changed the role of sponsors offering the plans, and will likely encourage sponsors...

July 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the course of my career, I've had various - and varying - commutes.

July 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week I also asked readers, If you had a life 'do over' - what (if anything) would you do differently?

July 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines ) - In response to concerns expressed by many in the 403(b) community, the Department of Labor has issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2009-2,...

One of the most common—and consistent—inquiries I receive (via e-mail, anyway) is from readers looking for help in choosing a plan provider.

July 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Word is that President Obama wanted to use his press conference last night to press the case for health care reform.

July 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I don't know about you, but during the course of any given day, I get asked a LOT of questions.

July 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - A U.S. Supreme Court decision last year widened Employee Retirement Income Security Act protection for defined contribution plan participants, but it is...

While I am sure there was a period in my youth when I wanted to be a fireman, a cowboy, or maybe even a professional athlete, my earliest...

July 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I've spent parts of the past two weeks surrounded by vacationers (all the more distressing when you aren't one of them!).

July 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week I also asked readers to share their summer movie picks - and asked them which of the summer blockbusters (and there...

Recently the 7th Circuit responded to requests that it reconsider its opinion in the revenue-sharing/"excessive fee" case of Hecker v. Deere.

July 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Email - it's both a boon and a bane of our existence (well, mine, at least).

July 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - As we are midway through the first year of the IRS' 403(b) regulations, plan sponsors may want to step back and consider...

July 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Surely those of us still at our posts this week are aware of the upcoming holiday...

Last week the Congress was voting on an issue on which I have a strong opinion.