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October 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of SIMPLE IRA plans rose 11% in the first six months of 2001, while the number of participants increased by 15%,...

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In Canada, Ficardre fund investors voted in favor of merging seven Ficardre investment funds with funds in the Talvest Fund Management's family.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) has hired former E*Trade executive Barry A. Schub, 47, to head its Retirement Services business. Schub takes...

April 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real-estate mutual funds slipped just 2.3% over the past month, better than most domestic stock funds, according to Lipper.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 528,000 Americans lined up for unemployment benefits for the first time this week, pushed higher by workers laid off following the attacks...

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Laid off workers, the casualties of a faltering economy, are likely to receive a minimum of two weeks salary in severance pay, with...

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Workers at the Nissan Motor plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, overwhelmingly rejected joining the United Auto Workers union yesterday.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Help is at hand for recruitment managers that get swamped with dozens of e-mail resumes every time they post a job advertisement.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In today's business environment, women are looking for the opportunity to take risks, a seat at the decision-making table and generous compensation for...

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixteen current and former employees at an Illinois microwave popcorn plant have filed a workers' compensation claim against their employer Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of US job cuts announced in September was the highest so far this year, according to research from Challenger Gray and...

October 4, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the military gears up for the war on terrorism, thousands of employers must grapple with the issues of compensation and benefits for employees...

April 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is moving its passive management of emerging markets investments to active strategies, and will consider a...

April 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Socially responsible junk bond fund, Pax World High Yield Fund increased by 6.3% over the first quarter of 2001 outperforming the Lipper High...

February 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Not only is American Express' hiring money managers from Fidelity Investments, it's also setting up shop in the mutual fund giant's Boston backyard.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's will consider including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in its US indices, including the S&P 500, and the first addition...

October 3, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey sheds light on the challenges employers face when their employees are located across the country.

October 3, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today about 4,100 workers at Nissan Motor Co.'s Smyrna, Tennessee auto plant will decide whether to let the United Auto Workers (UAW) represent them.

October 3, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The uncertain economic landscape has made investment performance the number one pension issue, according to this year's Morneau Sobeco Compensation Trends and Projections survey.

October 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of employers offering health-care benefits to their employees' unmarried domestic partners increased by 20% in the last year and 50% in...