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(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most stock and bond fund categories gained ground in the first quarter, although the best performers probably weren't in your 401(k) menu.

March 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American worker has been through a lot in the past two years - but their benefits priorities remain remarkably consistent, according to...

March 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George W. Bush has appointed ten of the thirteen members to the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce, according to Secretary...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of US workers filing for first-time unemployment benefits jumped up by a larger-than-expected 4.7% during the week ending March 23, a...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fixed-income investments had a blockbuster year in 2001 because of plummeting interest rates, but the ongoing economic recovery may make 2002 a volatile...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A second UK bank will back-date pension benefits for its part-time workers.

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hit in recent months with a handful of employee discrimination claims, Ford Motor Co. has settled one of the diversity lawsuits that charged...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HSBC, one of Britain's largest banks, will grant back-dated pension benefits to part-time employees for stints at the bank in the last 26...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and participants may have fed a growing interest in passive benchmarks last year, resulting in a record year for Frank Russell's...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Red Herring Communications, a media firm specializing in technology and Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI), a provider of global indices and benchmark-related...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of America's mutual funds fell to $6.92 trillion in February, from $6.97 trillion in the previous month, according to data...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thomas Hughes, chief operating officer of Deutsche Bank Ag's asset management business has been appointed global head of asset management.

March 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to growth in the exchange traded funds (ETF) industry, Dow Jones Indexes will add seven new European indexes to its country Titans...

March 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care costs were up by about 30% in 2001 compared to seven years ago.

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)-The federal department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a number of changes to its health privacy regulations.

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Lucent Technologies workers have filed suit against their employer - and their union - accusing both of misleading them into accepting early...

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping capital markets had a major impact on the financial performance of pension plans around the world last year, reducing typical plan funded...

March 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A growing number of Americans say that getting health care they want is getting harder - mostly because of cost, according to a...

March 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many companies that sunk large sums into human resources technology haven't yet seen the move pay off because of inefficiencies in their ongoing...

March 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The labor market showed further signs of strengthening this week with the number of people filing for unemployment insurance benefits for the first...