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February 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public-sector workers are getting more each month from their pension, largely because of annual cost-of-living-increases that are rare in private industry.

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 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a stubborn bear market, US retirement plans and foundation/endowment funds ended the fourth quarter of 2002 in the plus column - but...

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's no Super Bowl Indicator, no January effect - but another economic "indicator" suggests that better times could be just ahead.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a stubborn bear market, US retirement plans and foundation/endowment funds ended the fourth quarter of 2002 in the plus column - but...

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's no Super Bowl Indicator, no January effect - but another economic "indicator" suggests that better times could be just ahead.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Top-level compensation will no longer take into consideration income generated by the pension plan at General Electric Comapny.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - British employers who penalize workers for their time in the water closet are being flushed out.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is being challenged by a large union about proposed health insurance premium increases next year.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corp is giving employees the option of participating in a cash balance pension plan.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications' senior executives will no longer have pension income influencing their incentive compensation.

February 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some financial services company executives are taking big hits to the pocketbook through compensation cuts growing out of their firms' poor performance.

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two weeks of declines in the number of Americans lining up for first-time jobless benefits ended last week as the figure took an...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's nothing like a potential problem with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to stir things up in the workplace, but North Carolina state...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nonprofit workers are more likely to have access to a retirement savings program than those in the private sector and, in some cases,...

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly four out of 10 working Americans regularly surf the Web from the office, according to a new study.

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hospital spending continued to rise from 1997 to 2001 behind an increase in patient volume and the rising costs of goods and services.

February 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two weeks of declines in the number of Americans lining up for first-time jobless benefits ended last week as the figure took an...

February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most fights between HMOs and patients center on patients' ability to use out-of-network doctors as well as on which health services are covered,...

February 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees in the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) hired before 1996 will no longer be able to get double-digit investment returns because...