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October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Monday is Columbus Day - a day set aside in commemoration of the October 12, 1492, arrival of Christopher Columbus and his expedition...

September 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 'Tis the season for health-care package rollouts, and while there have been signs that the rate of increase is slowing, there doesn't seem...

September 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Managing to keep personal information has always been a key concern in our business - and we've recently seen instances where there have...

This week, I'm going to do something I never thought I would do again.

September 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next Tuesday will, of course, mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

In a business notorious for change, it nonetheless seems fair to say that the past twelve months have been extraordinary ones indeed.

Here we go - - - again.

August 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yesterday's Tuesday Trivia offered a sense for the average number of times people hit their snooze alarm before rising.

These days, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) is sometimes referred to as the "Pension Destruction Act." That's too harsh an assessment, IMHO, but it certainly has...

Without question, asset-allocation solutions—particularly target-date fund solutions—are well on their way to becoming a dominating force on retirement plan menus.

August 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Believe it or not, it's August - the "middle" of summer, the middle of vacation "season" (let's face it, you're either taking one,...

Last week, no fewer than a dozen industry trade organizations put their collective heads together and tried to help the Department of Labor—which has been working on a...

July 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Here we are, July almost over (sorry for that reminder), smack dab in what is generally regarded as the middle of vacation "season."

July 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week we asked readers what regulatory clarity you were most anxious about.

July 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Our bonus question this week had to do with the Harry Potter "phenomena" - at least by some measures.

I was on a panel at our recent Plan Designs conference, and the topic of qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) came up.

July 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We've been reading lately how some employers are moving to put the business back in business casual - or at least finding themselves...

Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 67-page report titled "Conflicts of Interest Involving High Risk or Terminated Plans Pose Enforcement Challenges."

June 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week from yesterday is the Fourth of July - and, unlike many of our national holidays, you can't really in good conscience...

With all the tact of a law professor dressing down a first-year student, U.S. District Judge John Shabaz of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of...