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February 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 80% of employers are allowing employees, aged 50 and over, to make catch up contributions to their retirement plans this year, implementing...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Department of Labor (DoL) came out with both barrels blazing as it argued in court papers that former Enron Corp. executives...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Cendant Corp. Internet executive has been awarded $496,344 in damages for her claims her rights were violated under the Connecticut Family Medical...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US accounting regulators have taken the first steps toward a possible globalization of rules for the profession.

October 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension reform continued to creep ahead yesterday as the President and Speaker of the House exchanged letters outlining their respective priorities - and...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Burlington, Massachusetts staffing company is promising to help fund training courses for its clients.

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's has a new home - on the Internet.

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small-company executives looking to take their payroll operation online may want to consider a new online payroll program.

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's Choice Healthplans, Inc. and CareGain, Inc. will join forces in order to offer HealthAssets, a portable consumer-directed healthcare benefit plan.

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Investor Services has formed an alliance that will offer clients the ability to establish the value of investment research received.

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a dramatic gesture yesterday, Global Crossing Chairman Gary Winnick said he and his family would personally make up $25 million of the...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employee benefit broker CBIZ Retirement Services is turning to an outside provider for its 401(k) recordkeeping needs in an effort to better concentrate...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Wednesday announcement is expected from the Carlyle Group that it is closing its venture-capital fund Carlyle Venture Partners II LP with some...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Grappling with what it said were overlapping personnel responsibilities and the continuing effects of a "brutal" market, a San Diego, California investment firm...

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors significantly impacted by the US tragedy can share perspectives and direction today in a special teleconference sponsored by Hewitt Associates.

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Security Advice Act (H.R. 2269) may be addressed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee as early as the end...

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A Senate panel hearing on legislation that would require contraceptives to be covered under private health plans has brought the bill is one step...

September 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Old Mutual Plc has closed its tender offer for Boston-based United Asset Management (UAM), having accepted some 93% of shares outstanding at $25...

September 14, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Under a new rule, the Internal Revenue Service now allows 529 plan participants to change investments in their accounts annually and when a change...

September 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -A federal appeals court has upheld a San Francisco ordinance that requires all airline carriers utilizing the city's international airport to offer domestic partner...