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August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A female vice president at Morgan Stanley has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming the firm's "ongoing and pervasive" corporate culture works against older...

August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index fell by 1.35% in July 2002 , following up on June's 0.84% decline.

August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) proved to be a solid investment last year - and beat out the broader US equity markets for...

August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First-time jobless benefits claims rose by a modest 6,000 last week, but people are still having trouble getting off the unemployment line.

August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers may be thinking about a new job, but they aren't planning to tap into their retirement stash, according to a new survey.

August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - About a third of the companies responding to a survey have downsized in the last year - and half of those say they're...

August 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While there were 1,754 mass layoffs covering 392,338 people during the second quarter of 2002, the figures represent a continued improvement from the...

August 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After months of rumors and media speculation, International Business Machines (IBM) says it is cutting more than 15,600 jobs in its computer-services and...

December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An office worker who ended customer communications with the words "have a blessed day" was not entitled to a preliminary injunction against her...

December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? With decimalization tightening trading spreads, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted to extend ?safe harbor? protections for soft dollar trades to...

December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to require corporations to show the number of outstanding stock options, warrants and rights, and the...

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just how well did public, private and foundation/endowment plans fare in the tumultuous second quarter of 2002?

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GenXers may have been portrayed as financial neer-do-wells, with better things to do than worry about careers or saving, but a new survey...

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has officially announced that chief executive James Burton will step down later in August to transition...

December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate has approved legislation to cut stock-trading fees, saving investors some $14 billion in securities transaction fees over the next decade.

December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell/Mellon Analytical Services purchased UK-based Combined Actuarial Performance Services, Ltd. (CAPS), an investment services organization that will be combined with Russell/Mellon's European operations.

December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Median total compensation for outside directors of boards decreased this year from 2000 figures, chiefly due to stock market weakness, since many outside...

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GenXers may have been portrayed as financial neer-do-wells, with better things to do than worry about careers or saving, but a new survey...

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Laid off managers are increasingly being bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and have started their own company, a survey found.

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The use of company stock compensation is "thriving" among US employers, according to an industry group report.