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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.

November 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb has been smacked with a class action RICO suit for allegedly inflating the prices of its cancer drugs, according to...

November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirees in private-sector defined benefit pension plans terminating in 2003 will get a $3,664.77 monthly maximum - a 2.38% hike from plans terminating...

November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appeals court has reinstated an age discrimination suit by a health care audit consultant, ruling that potentially discriminatory remarks by a...

November 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The risk levels of the £1 billion Unilever portfolio weren't monitored on a regular basis by the head of the equities team at...

November 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frost Bank has established Frost Securities Lending, a new division that facilitates transactions for institutional investors and plan sponsors, providing an opportunity to...

November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon HR Solutions has acquired the training process outsourcing (TPO) business of Franklin Covey, a Utah-based training and consulting services organization.

November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blaming rising health care costs and corporate officials more focused on a traditional benefits package, Prudential Financial is shutting down its WorkingSolutions voluntary...

November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Xerox Corp.'s predicts its 2003 pension expense will jump by $150 million over 2002 and its cash funding requirements to jump by $50...

November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Financial Accounting Standards Board indicated it would add disclosure requirements to its pending set of rules on consolidations of special-purpose entities (SPE).

November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pre-retirees may have neglected future concerns and are not doing enough now to prepare for retirement, according to Ernst & Young LLP Actuarial...

November 20, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the US Departments of Justice and Labor issued a joint statement reaffirming the federal government's commitment...

November 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunGard Financial Networks has picked up a money fund trading product and mutual fund processing system as part of its acquisition of MidAtlantic...

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government is making a list - and checking it twice - and then some - to make sure that plan sponsors...

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee has passed a new bill that would give participants and plan sponsors some extra help in saving...

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Oregon pension board got raked over the coals by a judge who accused it of "improper management" and unfairly favoring...

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CNA Trust has launched an enhanced suite of online plan administration applications for plan sponsors, participants, and providers.

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers interested in helping their workers save for college have a new tool at their disposal.

October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Still River Retirement Planning Software, Inc. has updated its desktop and web-based calculators for required minimum distributions from IRAs and other defined contribution...