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My eldest has been carrying a heavier than "recommended" class load this semester, and that - combined with her choice of classes - has meant that she's been...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many of you have been asking, and this week I'm happy to honor those reader requests - and a long-standing NewsDash holiday tradition.

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the holidays approach, many of us will be exchanging gifts with friends and co-workers.

As my wife and I drove to pick up our eldest for the Thanksgiving break, I saw something I never thought I would see again.

I wouldn't for a second suggest that the current financial/economic crisis that we are enmeshed in isn't "real," or that the efforts to remedy it thus far aren't...

December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's that time of year again - time for the office holiday party.

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - In our last column, we looked at the duties of fiduciaries in 403(b) plans that are subject to ERISA. Here we'll examine...

December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - A plan provider asks: "Does the plan have to comply with the written plan document requirement if it is terminated prior to...

November 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today most of us (at least most of us still at our posts) will no doubt be wondering what time we can get...

Thanksgiving has been called a "uniquely American" holiday, and while that is perhaps something of an overstatement, it is unquestionably a special holiday, and one on which it...

Tis the season - to get flu shots, that is.

November 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the January 1 deadline for 403(b) compliance draws near, we have received a multitude of questions on a variety of issues. Some...

November 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - Non-governmental tax-exempt entities have a choice - their 403(b) plans (or arrangements, as some would have it) can be subject to ERISA…or...

Regardless of age, regular exercise is important.

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recently Lexicographer Jeremy Butterfield has, in a new book titled "A Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare", compiled a list of what...

November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There has been a renewed focus on employer matching contributions of late.

On Tuesday, the nation will go to the polls (those who haven't voted early or absentee, anyway) and make a decision that has obsessed political junkies and pollsters...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week I also asked readers if they'd be tuning in for Candidate Obama's "infomercial."

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Friday, of course, is Halloween.

October 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A couple of weeks ago, I asked NewsDash readers about their oddest job(s).