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October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers from the two largest state employee unions in Minnesota are set to go back to work today, ending a two-week strike by...

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time in its 22-year history, members of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) have elected a leadership slate made up...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While two-thirds of human resource professionals are comfortable with job negotiations, less than a third of job hunters are, according to a new...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those facing the loss of health benefits from September's terrorist attacks looking for their options will now find it easier to get answers...

December 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a scene reminiscent of "It's A Wonderful Life," more than 4,000 union workers at troubled Pillowtex have been sending thousands of Christmas...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of Polaroid retirees have filed a motion to oppose millions of dollars in bonus pay for the company's top executives.

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 50 largest US corporate pension funds lost a collective $38.2 billion in assets in 2000, according to a recent survey.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Against a backdrop of earnings warnings and overcapacity in the sector coupled with the terrorist attacks in September, Internet-focused funds plummeted by 19.0%...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nuveen Investments plans to launch a public offering for a closed-end exchange-traded real estate income fund in November.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities Industry Association (SIA) is expected to announce later today that it recommends the postponement of T+1 settlement.

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The drastic fall of Enron Corp. and its ill effects on the company's rank-and-file employees is on the minds of many members in...

December 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced a number of changes that affect how it pays benefits to participants.

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As controversy continues brewing about the three-week trading blackout imposed in Enron's 401(k) plan, several prominent retirement-plan recordkeepers say such a trading ban...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Steven Barham, formerly of the advice provider mPower, has announced the launch of his advisory firm, Advice Essentials.

December 10, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Accounting solutions provider Intacct has teamed up with The Principal Financial Group to simplify plan setup and management at small and mid-sized companies.

October 11, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - There were fewer Americans filling out initial unemployment benefit claim forms this week due to seasonal factors, according to the Department of Labor (DoL).

October 11, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Union organizing proved to be a hazardous occupation last year, with more than two hundred union members reported slain or missing worldwide last year,...

November 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors of all sizes are increasingly satisfied with their service providers - and the fact that improved service is accompanied by flat...

October 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Securian Financial Group, a subsidiary of Minnesota Mutual Co, plans to acquire the trust and investment services division of Midway National Bank of...

October 10, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Michael Oxley (R-Ohio) introduced a bill giving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) more power in the face of...