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May 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker's damage recovery under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) is not subject to subrogation by his employer or its insurance carrier,...

March 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congressmen Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Ken Bentsen (D-Tx.) have introduced a "Small Employer Retirement Plan" that would make it easier for employers with...

March 8, 2001 (HedgeWorld.com) - Who needs a hedge fund, if you can get the same type of exposure and risk/reward profile at a fraction of the cost...

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.5% in July, with employers shedding 42,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors' president Timothy Harbert is replacing Nicholas Lopardo as chief executive and chairman, parent company State Street announced Friday.

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After months of circulating rumors, Wachovia has decided to exit the participant recordkeeping business.

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors could be looking at another rush for the exits in participant recordkeeping, as Southeastern regional bank Wachovia Thursday joined a growing...

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in Northern Trust retirement plans can now trade securities online as part of a new self-directed account.

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over half the workers questioned in a recent study want more choices in their employer sponsored health plans - and are also willing...

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public markets' ownership of real estate declined across all property types last year, despite a softer stock market during 2000, its first decline...

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Criticism of stock option programs used by large US corporations continues to mount, this time from one of the UK's largest shareholders.

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Schwab and Fidelity mutual fund Web sites got the honors for being the most user friendly during the recent quarter, according to...

February 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.COM)- US venture capital investment continued to fall off in Q4, the third consecutive quarter of year-on-year declines according to a new study.

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment insurance claims moderated in the week ending July 28, reaching a five month low of 346,000.

February 8, 2001 (HedgeWorld.com)—eSecLending, LLC, Burlington, Vt., will roll out a securities lending database in July to help benchmark the returns from lending individual securities and index portfolios.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? If employees make personal use of their employers? Internet connections for just one hour per week, based on the average US salary, corporate...

January 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Persumma Financial will charge a flat monthly fee of $12.99/employee per month for all participant administrative services, including online advice.

August 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost three-quarters of respondents in a recent poll will consider changing their health insurance to a more competitively priced policy if their premiums...

January 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court asked the Justice Department for its opinion on a Texas law that allowed patients to seek independent review of...

January 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GE Asset Management is now offering plan sponsors an institutional enhanced indexing product, the US Research Enhanced S&P 500 product.