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October 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has backed a decision by a pension plan administrator to deny preretirement survivor income benefits to a woman who had...

October 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Supreme Court justices have agreed to decide exactly who is an "employee" for the purposes of determining whether small firms are subject...

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors at small and medium sized firms can now tap into The Plan Advisor Series I from Transamerica Retirement Services.

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Travelers Insurance has launched a Web site that gives injured workers online access to workers' compensation information.

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Human resources solutions provider, Tesseract Corporation has introduced a total benefits management solution for Third Party Administrators (TPAs) with the aim of streamlining administration...

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - TeamVest, a provider of defined contribution plan recordkeeping, administration, and investment management services will merge into the Newport Group, a national consulting, asset management...

October 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first auction of options on the government's release of US Nonfarm Payroll date for September 2002 saw investors place 120 limit orders...

April 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tax-exempt accounts, such as 401(k)s and pensions, are expected to gain a larger share of the separately managed account market over the next...

April 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There were more job seekers - and they were looking longer - in the first quarter, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &...

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors who use Workscape Inc, a provider of Internet-based human capital management software, may find the RFP process a little less onerous following...

October 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies voluntarily moving toward publicly disclosing the cost of their stock option compensation now have more guidance on making that change.

October 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the nation's largest and best-known leveraged buyout companies is thinking about selling minority stakes to two public pension funds to generate...

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internet is expected to have a significant affect on corporations' overall treasury functions, a new survey finds.

September 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Atlanta-based money manager will provide several investment portfolios for a new 529 college savings plan for the state of Texas.

September 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Ohio thinks it has a better shot at larger monetary awards by pursuing its more than $500 million in claims...

September 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A retirement-services trade group has proposed an alternative rate for the defunct 30-year Treasury bond rate used to determine pension funding requirements.

September 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The battle lines have been drawn in an upcoming contest for control of hospital operator Tenet Healthcare's board of directors, with the nation's...

September 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In one of the single largest retail transactions in the US, the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and National Retail Partners, L.L.C....

April 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Thursday, Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) will announce the final round of changes to its indices as it moves to a free...

September 28, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TAG (the Technical Answer Group) and SunGard Corbel have teamed up to answer questions and provide guidance on the new IRS Form 5500...