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July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has expanded its high-yield bond investment business with the acquisition of New Flag Asset Management, a London-based bond fund manager.

July 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small business owners are feeling pressured, but while less than 10% are planning to hire new workers, the number of job cuts in...

July 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association for Investment Management Research (AIMR) says it will issue "Research Objectivity Standards" in three months, offering a best practices guideline for...

July 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Trust Corp., an investment firm catering to the super wealthy, will pay a $10 million fine for patchy record keeping, lax internal...

July 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means has postponed indefinitely the Subcommittee hearing on Patients' Bill of Rights, previously...

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has unveiled a new national sales portal designed to make finding health insurance purchasing information less troublesome.

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) has officially launched its new corporate bond reporting system, offering plan sponsors and other institutional investors...

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group is now fielding a new 401(k) program designed for small businesses - and targeted for distribution through intermediary channels.

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AIM Management Group will now offer more details about its mutual funds' stock pickers, including specifying clearly who actually run the portfolios.

July 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey-based Commerce Bancorp has chosen First Mercantile to be its third-party provider of defined contribution plans.

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California government agency did not have the latitude to require health plan coverage of drugs that some might deem "medically necessary," according...

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With another employer apparently heading for bankruptcy's shoals, participant suits are springing up faster than ever.

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong Financial Corporation has agreed to acquire a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania investment advisory firm. Terms were not disclosed.

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Treasury Department officials will be looking toward securities firms to file reports if they suspect wrongdoing with transactions of $5,000 or more.

June 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mellon Global Securities Lending has launched Mellon I-Bid, a Web-based auction technology, as it becomes the latest and the first financial services provider...

June 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A day before senior administration officials were scheduled to meet with the chief sponsors of a patients' bill of rights, Representative Charlie Norwood...

June 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ruled that Seattle-based drugstore chain Bartell Drug must include contraceptives for women in its employee health insurance plan --...

June 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two-thirds of finance pros say that FAS 133 has imposed an excessive burden on corporate derivative reporting, leading them to reduce the use...

June 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express launched a new Web site hub, providing access to news and information from several of American Express Corporate Financial Services' business...

May 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit by dissident shareholder Walter Hewlett challenging Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq Computer - but noted concerns about...