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January 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Benefits managers saw increased employee cost sharing as the most successful method for controlling health plan benefit costs in 2001, a survey by...

September 13, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Zurich Financial Services Group and Deutsche Bank AG have confirmed they are in talks for Deutsche to acquire Zurich Scudder Investments.

January 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York region may be battling recession and the fallout of September 11, but 76% of companies polled are still actively hiring...

August 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) has published some additional guidance on how plan sponsors can right transactional errors...

August 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In light of the stream of corporate debacles winding up in bankruptcy court, two US lawmakers want to give workers a better shot...

August 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fusion Alley has launched an online pay rate calculator to simplify contract employee bill rate estimation.

August 13, 2001(Plansponsor.com)- First Union Benefits Services Group has unveiled a number of plan sponsor-oriented enhancements to its Evergreen 401(k) now product, including eligibility calculation and negative enrollment.

August 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors in the Arrive Education Savings plan now have a new set of investment choices with the offering of 14 mutual fund portfolios.

August 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sponsors of smaller plans, in search of a daily valuation plan with a diversified list of mutual fund options, can now consider The...

August 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Lawyers for Wal-Mart Stores are trying to get a record gender discrimination suit filed against the retail giant dismissed or transferred to a federal...

August 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Consulting will acquire Somerset, NJ-based Actuarial Sciences Associates (ASA) in a stock swap.

August 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought and settled its first-ever case of "portfolio pumping" on Friday, censuring and assessing fines of $200,000 each...

August 13, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The "average" 401(k) plan participant balance slipped just 0.1% last year, but older participants fared worse, according to preliminary research from by the Investment...

August 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Plc has decided to expand its fund management arm Barclays Global Investors (BGI) rather than putting it on the auction block.

August 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While most CFOs say otherwise, 17% of 180 respondents to a new survey say they have felt pressured to misrepresent financial results at...

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the latest wave of accounting irregularities, misstatements, and alleged fraud were vetted last week, one couldn't help but be reminded of that...

January 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 20% of Britain's workers lose out on over a third of their paid vacation days, according to a survey.

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco Funds Group has cut three portfolio managers, along with 15% of its work force in the face of a slumping investment market.

Washington, DC, January 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mass-production employee communications programs are fast outliving their usefulness in 401(k) education efforts - and will increasingly fall prey to more...

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A trade group representing administrators of state pension funds has urged federal lawmakers to immediately turn their attention to legislation to protect investors...