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August 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has ordered Ameritech to pay $175.7 million to 17,000 retired workers whose lump sum pension benefits were miscalculated.

July 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifth Third Bank's Retirement Plan Services Group has launched an online retirement planning guide, giving participants integrated access to retirement plan accounts and...

July 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT), Chairman, Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, has announced that the subcommittee will hold...

July 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers' will offer Standard & Poor's education and advice services to participants in retirement plans administered by its Unifi Network.

July 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bid to avoid government interference, or scrutiny from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), companies buying out portions of other companies,...

July 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move it hopes will garner the attention of pension fund managers, the New York Board of Trade is gearing up to...

July 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Young affluent households equipped with a financial plan have average investable assets of $210,000, more than double those without a plan, a recent...

July 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - WestAM, the asset management arm of Germany's Westdeutsche Landesbank, is looking to extend its reach into the US market, planning additional aquisitions.

December 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The FTSE All-World Index continued to climb out of the lows it hit in September, increasing by 6% in US dollar terms on...

December 7, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The unemployment rate surged to its highest level since 1995, according to the monthly unemployment report released by the Department of Labor (DoL).

December 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fixed-income products were especially stellar performers during the third quarter, while equity managers' returns got unmercifully pounded, according to data from Nelson Information.

December 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the number of the unemployed continuing to rise as companies cut back to weather the first recession in over a decade, a...

December 6, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The record-low unemployment figures and competition for workers, which led to sharp salary increased for information technology (IT) professionals during the tech boom, are...

December 6, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the latest positive sign that the US may be climbing out of its recession, the number of Americans claiming unemployment benefits for the...

June 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal Reserve Governor Edward Gramlich emphasized the importance of maintaining the increase in national savings resulting from the recent fiscal surplus, amid concerns...

June 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Clients of JPMorgan Institutional Trust Services, who are bondholders, can now access a range of informational services from the group's new online Bondholder...

June 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell continues to stretch the global reach of its multi-manager product, inking a strategic partnership with BMW Bank GmbH to offer the...

December 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a drop in the number of layoff announcements by US companies in November, the impact of the terrorist attacks on the labor market...

May 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan participants could soon have the ability to be intra-day traders, SunGard Employee Benefit Systems President David Kennedy told PLANSPONSOR.com.

May 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for a way to tap into the small and mid-sized private equity markets will soon be able to access a...