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December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has launched a new plan sponsor portal called Putnam Insight that enhances the ability to analyze plan and participant information for...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors concerned about the eventual fate of distributions from retirement plans might draw some comfort from the existence of a new training...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors may be interested in a new bond portfolio from State Street Global Advisors (SsgA).

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yahoo! has launched a new Web hosting service targeted for small businesses with fewer than 20 employees.

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Radiant Systems has formed a new services division for benefits providers and recordkeepers.

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits officials concerned about compliance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have a new education option.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week after posting a drop in unemployment claims, the jobless figure unexpectedly soared to the highest level since April.

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Schoolhouse Capital, a subsidiary of State Street Corporation rolled out Scholar'sEdge, a 529 college savings program offered through a new partnership with OppenheimerFunds.

September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Underfunded pensions and anemic investment returns can drain a company's capital that might be more productively invested elsewhere.

December 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidelines on companies taking a new tax deduction on dividends passed through to employees holding company stock as...

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The terrorist attacks on America wiped out all other significant investment-related stories in 2001, with the global economic downturn a coming in at...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors trying to figure out what to make of the interim final rules on blackout notices might draw insights from public comment...

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall has joined a civil lawsuit seeking to freeze the assets of a number of Enron Corp.'s...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal pension insurer has pulled back a pending rule on cash balance plans until the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) clarifies its cash...

December 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $94 billion Florida Retirement System (FRS), plans to file as lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against Enron ? the energy giant...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has issued Guidance to help organizations in complying with the...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest mutual fund complex and a group representing the industry both say they oppose a government proposal to reveal how mutual...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan appeals court has ruled that a divorced couple did not intend to include cost of living adjustment increases in the ex-wife's...

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's move to terminate seven National Steel Corporation pension plans has drawn criticism from union and company representatives alike.

December 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merck & Co. subsidiary Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a prescription benefit manager (PBM), has agreed to a settlement worth $42.5 million in ERISA-related...