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September 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants continue to have more choices, and more ways to exercise them, with nearly two-thirds (64%) of plans offering plan information on the...

September 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pennsylvania judge has blocked the controversial sale of Hershey Foods, at least for the moment.

September 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken steps to facilitate liquidity in the US equities markets as they reopen Monday, including easing...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Now that IBM has just shelled out $2.7 billion for PWC's consulting business, several institutional investors are now questioning if PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC)...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Its $9 million lost investment may be a fraction of its total assets, but the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) is taking...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has taken over two pension plans underfunded by $44 million covering more than 1,000 Missouri workers.

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Watson Wyatt has agreed to transition its US-based public sector retirement practice to Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company, an actuarial and benefits consulting...

May 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The changing of the guard continues at Northern Trust, which has tapped Jana Schreuder as President and CEO of Northern Trust Retirement Consulting,...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Company owners seeking ways to properly value their corporation may be able to use a new online business analysis product.

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express Retirement Services' Financial Education and Planning Services group has taken the wraps off a redesigned personalized investment education tool for defined...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan investors now have a new tool to help them track down no-load mutual funds.

August 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors will offer a self-directed brokerage 401(k) account option that will allow each plan participant to pick their own broker.

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Muslim retirement plan participants may be interested in subscribing to a new equity screening service, which identifies listed companies that are compliant with...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite some last-minute goading by the GOP, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) says the Senate will wait until after Labor Day...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) has introduced a new bill that attempts to deal with executive abuses without discouraging the use of options to...

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Company stock has always been something of a mixed blessing for 401(k) plans, with plan sponsors torn between a desire for employee ownership...

May 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in employee stock purchase plans have about the same level of satisfaction with the program, but those in stock-option arrangements appear to...

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Florida State Board of Administration has reopened the bidding for its new defined-contribution pension plan, just a week after having cut the...

May 8, 2002(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many workers are more concerned about balancing their families and their careers than they are about being laid off, a new survey finds.

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com-The nation's largest public pension system suffered a 7.2% loss last year, with bonds and real estate gains offsetting the impact of a slumping stock...