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February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the loss of assets in the fourth quarter, hedge funds still gained $16.3 billion in assets in 2002.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Montana's House State Administration Committee has tabled a bill to extend employees' health benefits to domestic partners.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US House subcommittee has green lighted a bill that would create personal re-employment accounts of up to $3,000 for jobless Americans.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union membership last year took its biggest drop since 1995, as the effects of private sector cost cutting caught up with organized labor's...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty-five percent of Californians have never heard of a consumer driven health plan (CDHP), yet many like the plans when they're described.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New Hampshire employee union has raised concerns that Gov. Craig Benson wants to improperly tap a retirement fund account for $32 million...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In another sign of severe cost pressures plaguing US automakers, Ford Motor Co., is jacking up costs for medical care and prescription drugs...

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - January reversed December's downward spiral in mutual fund flow with net inflows of $14.5 billion for stock and bond funds.

February 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in exchange-traded funds (ETF) dipped in January for the second month in a row to $95.6 billion from $102.1 billion in December.

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may be a tad harder for information technology (IT) workers to land a new job during the April to June 2003 time...

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Business schools are reporting fewer corporate recruiters on their campuses as businesses pull away from the MBA market.

February 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The administrative costs of a health plan are rising at a slower pace than health care premiums, accounting for only 7.8% of total...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The new year started off strong for deposits into Unit Investment Trusts at $1.15 billion in January - up sharply from the month...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the size of January's $1-billlion net equity outflow wasn't itself overwhelming, the loss still represented the first time equities ended January in...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The new year started off strong for deposits into Unit Investment Trusts at $1.15 billion in January - up sharply from the month...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tom Galvin, the former chief US market strategist at Credit Suisse First Boston, has been named president and chief investment officer of US...

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund-of-funds investment manager Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO) has expanded its senior management team with a number of recent hires.

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - That sense that your job is a real pain in the backside could be more than just your imagination, according to new research.

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A civil servant in the United Kingdom has sued for sexual discrimination after being forced to wear a tie to work.

February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers continue to ante up more money to pay for employee absence and disability programs, according to a new survey.