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PBGC Releases Long Bond Yield Guidance

May 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies with defined benefit pension plans now have additional guidance about how to apply the new rules allowing administrators to use 100% of...
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Wal-Mart Opposes Kennedy Bill

April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which provides jobs for 900,000 US workers, 650,000 of whom are covered by the group's pension plan, opposes Senator Edward...
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Moody's Rates Real Estate

April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bid to boost transparency and promote increased investor confidence in the real estate investment fund industry, Moody's Investors Service launched a...
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Pension Reform Returns

March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform made a grand reappearance today, as Representatives Portman and Cardin unveiled their new pension reform package, along with more than 250...
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TRACE Debut Pushed Back Six Months

December 13, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told policymakers that the introduction of TRACE, the corporate bond pricing system, has been delayed for six months...
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EEOC Meets on Discrimination Following 9/11

December 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At its first meeting under the Bush Administration, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) heard testimony and recommendations from various ethnic groups...
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DoL Extends Comments Period

December 12, 2001 - The US Department of Labor (DoL)'s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration extended the comments period for a number of class and individual exemptions currently...
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IRS Proposes Stock Option Regulations

November 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers will not be required to withhold income tax from employees who sell company stock before the expiration of a holding period, according...
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Judge Awards Meat Choppers $3.1 Million

November 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge sided with 815 current and former production-line employees of IBP in a class-action lawsuit, ordering that the meatpacking giant pay...
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Tar Heels Embrace EGTRRA

November 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another state has lined its tax provisions up with the pension provisions of last year's tax reform package.
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Firing After Threat No Benefits Conspiracy

November 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An appeals court has upheld an earlier decision that an accelerated termination following employee threats was no conspiracy to deny benefits, according to...
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IRS Puts Out COLA Update

November 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has published an update on the 2003 cost-of-living adjustments for a variety of fringe benefits