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March 14, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Six former executives of Sallie Mae, the education-finance agency, are locked in a pension battle with their former employer in a complex dispute...

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans are paying more attention to their investments in the wake of the collapse of Enron by staying away from companies they don't...

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With an estimated annual growth rate of 7.3% between now and 2011, Americans' health-care spending could double over that period compared with what...

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees at Qwest Communications International were prevented from selling company stock shares or other 401(k) assets for four weeks in December and January...

March 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The FTSE Group, a creator of equity indices, has added 11 US companies to its FTSE4Good Social Responsible (SRI) index.

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite - or perhaps due to - one of the most challenging years in recent business memory, plan sponsors finally seem to be...

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees of companies hit with asbestos lawsuits get unfairly penalized by losing up to $50,000 in wages and about $8,300 in their 401(k)...

December 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors might pay particular attention to executive compensation levels, with two new studies finding a strong correlation between high CEO stock ownership and...

March 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans may be getting increasingly impatient with the career advancement possibilities in their profession as a new online survey reports that 65% of...

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has released final regulations on loans from qualified employer plans - opting to keep most of the substance of...

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington State Legislature has passed an update to the state's1988 Family Care Act allowing all employees to use sick leave, vacation time...

December 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Final rules from the Labor Department will make it easier for plan sponsors to know when to extend health coverage to children of...

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunGard Corbel, an operating unit of financial software provider SunGard, has introduced an outsourcing service for 1099/W-2 forms.

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian investment managers are lagging behind in their efforts to pressure companies for reform on corporate governance issues such as board independence and...

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Alliance has acquired a minority stake in BDC Asset Management, LLC, an alternative investment manager, according to a press announcement.

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush's recent proposal for a 2003 civilian federal employee pay raise of 3.1% is being challenged by a Congressional leader fighting for...

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairman and chief executive officer of Ferrari SpA is racing into the private equity markets with an eye toward taking a position...

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average 401(k) balance has lost 17% since 2000, leaving many participants asking for more education on allocation and diversification, according to the...

December 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Alternative Capital Enhancement (ACE) has launched three new single-strategy sub-funds of hedge funds.

November 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an issue of critical interest to plan sponsors, the US Supreme Court has decided to weigh in on whether an employee benefit...