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March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just days prior to going to trial, Arthur Andersen LLP has agreed to pay $217 million to resolve all pending litigation in connection...

March 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US mutual funds with foreign holdings might be pricing their funds inaccurately, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission official.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's pension insurer has picked up another underfunded pension plan - and no, it's not Enron's.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in benefit programs offered by clients of Prudential Financial Inc's Group Insurance can now register online or by phone.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of South Carolina has unveiled a 529 college savings plan called Future Scholar.

April 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers seeking to attract and retain women need to emphasize results and not the hours spent in the office, a consulting firm says.

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite Coca-Cola's $192.5 million race bias settlement, a dissident group of African-American coke workers are pressing ahead to have their claims decided by...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a shareholder vote on that contentious $22 billion Hewlett-Packard/Compaq acquisition deal nears, a major proxy advisory firm says it will weigh in...

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lies on job applications during the last quarter of 2001 jumped by 20% with 30-something men most likely to tell tall employment tales,...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven out of ten Americans plan to save more in their employer-sponsored retirement plans this year, a new survey finds.

April 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Support staff members don't get much respect.

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the last 10 years, the number of expatriate workers covered by traditional pension plans has fallen by half, a new survey by...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A third of US company payrolls in 2000 were dedicated to employee benefits with health insurance the most expensive part of those costs,...

March 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American public won't get to see the Enron debacle played out in front of a Houston federal court judge and jury until...

February 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush continued to tout his new pension proposal over the weekend, as plan sponsors tried to figure out what it meant for...

February 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform's champions have teamed up again - this time with a bill that purports to offer participants greater latitude in managing their...

February 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CTS Corporation, which manufactures electronic components and assemblies for communications gear, has named Northern Trust Retirement Consulting Services to provide outsourced defined benefit...

February 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees on extended overseas assignments soon will be able to take advantage of a healthcare computer system that provides access to a worldwide...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets bounced back, the FTSE All-World index gaining 4.3% in March, from the lows of the early months of 2002, bolstered...

February 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FleetBoston Financial's $170 billion asset management business will be named Columbia Management Group, Inc., the group announced.