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June 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In May the combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell by $10.8 billion, settling at $6.9 trillion, according to figures from the...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the recovery from America's recession has been uneven in recent months, there was good news in the latest government jobless figures...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Concerned that union members will be shortchanged by government assumptions, the United Steelworkers of America have filed a motion opposing the termination of...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Interviewing for an information technology (IT) job is not the time to break out your favorite Ozzy Osbourne garb.

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The parade of ailing steel industry pension plans in need of rescue continued wending its way across the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC)...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - May job vacancy advertising, as measured by the Conference Board's Help-Wanted Index fell by 4% over the month as disappointing corporate profits put...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aiming to increase transparency in the mutual fund market, RiskMetrics Group launched "Best and Worst" Fund Evaluations, an evaluation of stock mutual funds.

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), the seventh-largest pension fund in the nation, has lost its chief investment officer.

June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being handy with a golf club is as important a tool for corporate success as an MBA, a new survey found.

June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR. com) - Companies shouldn't expect defined contribution health plans to produce tremendous cost savings despite the continuing surge in the price of medical care,...

June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted unanimously to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 1.75%, despite increases in economic...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the US, at least, a good leader has a good character, a top-notch performance record, is flexible and adaptable and has high...

June 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As part of an issue that virtually mirrors a continuing US corporate firestorm, the British government will soon require publicly traded companies to...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ability to stay connected to the office via electronic gadgetry has spurred nine out of ten Americans to take work home with...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 60% of plan sponsors attending a recent Merrill Lynch Retirement Group conference listed the 401(k) defined contribution plan as the most...

June 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in nine years, average salary increases in many key industries, including manufacturing, trade, and utilities, have dropped below 4%...

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost three-quarters of small business owners say that offering healthcare is necessary in the hiring process, a new survey finds.

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies signing up with health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to provide employee health coverage will have to dig even deeper in 2003 with costs...

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee heard testimony from the American Academy of Actuaries on the growth of defined contribution plans and...

June 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has named two Global Co-CEOs to succeed Pattie Dunn who is stepping down as Global CEO of BGI to...