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April 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At this rate, EBRI's Retirement Confidence Survey may need to be renamed (to the Retirement Lack of Confidence Survey).

Over the past several weeks, I've gotten a lot of calls from reporters across the country looking to understand more about what appears to be a recent uptick...

April 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this week, we reported on some new data from Schwab that suggests that Roth 401(k)s are picking up in popularity.

An early "win" for plan sponsors (perhaps more accurately, a win for a plan sponsor) was Hecker v. Deere & Co.

March 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next Tuesday is, of course, April Fool's Day.

March 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - March is more than half over, but March Madness didn't start until this week when the Men's NCAA Division 1 basketball tournament gets...

When a co-worker forwarded to me an e-mail about Eliot Spitzer's alleged tie with a prostitution ring last week, I thought it was a joke.

March 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Well, it may not save any daylight, but now that most of us have "sprung forward," it's nice to see a bit more...

While it's been a relatively mild winter here (and it's not over yet), it's been cold enough—and our house old enough—that opening the various utility bills has been...

Looks like James LaRue will get his day in court, after all.

February 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We've devoted a goodly amount of our February issue to the topic of asset allocation funds - and we're just a couple of...

February 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's been a hot issue for some time - it's been a topic of interest for Congress - and the Department of Labor...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Well, based on my informal polling, the game was better (certainly for Giants fans) - and the commercials perhaps not-quite-as-good as we've had...

January 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Come Sunday, the nation will turn its attention (if not its TV/radio) to - the Super Bowl.

With lightning speed, the House managed to cobble together an economic stimulus package last week, the Senate will take it up this week, and President Bush seems eager...

January 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While we don't yet know if the writers' strike will have an impact on the Oscar ceremony itself - or which names will...

Back in 2003, when then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer launched his investigation into mutual fund trading practices, two distinct areas were highlighted.

Social networking sites are all the rage - and whether you maintain an account on one (or more) of these sites, they have also become a frequent window...

Just after Christmas my family flew to Chicago for a surprise - my mother-in-law's 85th birthday.

January 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With all those New Year's resolutions still fresh in everyone's minds, I've always found this time of year to be a good time...