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January 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of public sector retirement plans, who are clients of Nationwide Retirement Solutions, will be able to offer participants an online education and...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US economy may have been beset with massive layoffs in recent months, but the demand for skilled foreign workers remains strong, according...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The terrorists who attacked the US on September 11 have left yet another reminder of that day's events - this time in the...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a financial crunch that has brought about some 15,000 layoffs - and a first quarter loss of $1.26 billion, Merrill Lynch has...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the tendrils of the Enron debacle continue to expand, President Bush took steps to fill two vacancies on the Securities and Exchange...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a slow December, a weak equity market and the events of September 11, a record amount of new money flowed into mutual...

January 22, 2002 - New York City-area hiring managers - particularly those at mid-to-large sized companies - are optimistic about the prospects of the region's job market, a...

January 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the economic slump, the majority of companies have made no changes to their sign-on bonus program, a survey finds.

January 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) offers participants both new and expanded opportunities to save for retirement, and...

January 21, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the fourth year in a row, most workers covered by a health plan seem very satisfied with their program, according to a...

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Minority and white employees continue to have different work experiences despite widespread efforts to tackle office diversity issues, according to a new survey.

January 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American unions may still be able to count 13.5% of the work force as their own, but overall union membership growth has all...

January 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian defined contribution plan participants are firmly in control of their employer-sponsored retirement savings, a Watson Wyatt study finds.

January 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As an example in the latest in the trend towards business process outsourcing (BPO), Prudential is handing its human resource (HR) functions over...

January 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An early sign that the economy may be struggling its way out of its recession, the number of initial unemployment claims fell to...

January 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The AIM fund family bears the dubious distinction of being named the worst offender in the Maverick Adviser's Fourth Quarter 2001 Lemon List.

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to Unit Investment Trusts increased by $1 billion in October 2001, significantly below a year before when deposits were up $2.8 billion,...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of equity market weakness, hedge funds proved a better bet for investors in 2001 - the average US hedge fund...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The economy may still be in the doldrums, but most companies polled by Towers Perrin plan to step up technology spending in their...

January 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With its fourth-quarter profits plummeting 58%, General Motors Corp. is dropping its profit-sharing payments to hourly US workers, as well as its annual...