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May 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plans had a nail-biter of a month in April as a continuing weak equity market and a strong bond showing contributed to...

May 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The dismal first quarter performance of pension assets has left many funds a long way from meeting annual targets.

May 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US worker productivity chugged ahead of analyst expectations, at a rate of 8.6% in the first quarter - its best performance in almost...

May 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The beat goes on for small-cap value fund investments, according to Standard & Poor's, with a third consecutive year of strong showings.

May 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Federal Open Market Committee kept their target for the federal funds rate, the rate at which banks lend to banks...

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefiting from conflicting economic data and the equity market's struggle to find footing, US bond mutual funds, with combined assets of $2.47 trillion,...

May 6, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds may not really offer the diversification advantages generally touted for the asset class, according to a new study.

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A modest uptick in payrolls was not enough to accommodate the hoards of workers entering the labor force in April, sending the unemployment...

May 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study of UK mutual fund performance shows how badly they were hammered during 2001, with only one out of 1,000 funds...

May 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The bloodletting on the job front, particularly in the troubled telecommunications industry, continued in April, as US companies announced plans to axe 112,649...

May 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Conflicting US economic data, showing encouraging GDP growth but disappointing consumer confidence and durable goods orders, confounded investors in April and sent the...

May 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - April disappointed investors, despite promises of a rebound made by a slew of positive economic data, as the average diversified US stock mutual...

May 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DoL)'s latest unemployment insurance weekly claims report showed initial claims dipping slightly, though still remaining above the key 400,000...

April 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dow Jones Indexes announced rule changes for four index series in the Dow Jones Titans family that will increase transparency and make the...

April 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internet firms shed 824 jobs in April, significantly down from the 1,549 job cuts announced the previous months, according to data from Challenger,...

April 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of America's mutual funds rose by $142.67 billion to $7.067 trillion in March, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI)'s...

April 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More workers are industry hopping these days to take advantage of sectors where the job market is glowing red hot, a new survey...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The employment cost index, a key inflation gauge, increased by 0.8% over the first quarter of 2002, down from a seasonally adjusted 1%...

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The self-employed are confident that their businesses will do well as the economy rebounds, a new survey finds.

April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sign that the economic recovery has not yet taken hold, the Conference Board's Help-Wanted Advertising Index fell by one point in...