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May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First-quarter commitments to venture capital funds decreased 32% from last quarter, according to a report from Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As anticipated, the Federal Open Market Committee Tuesday cut the Fed Funds rate by 50 basis points in a continuing effort to boost...

May 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While almost 72% of workers are concerned about the increasing unemployment rate, nearly half believe that they could find a job within a...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsor members of the Profit Sharing 401(k) Council of America (PSCA) now have access to bi-lingual educational and enrollment materials for Spanish-speaking...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America continued to assert itself in the ranking of the worlds' wealthiest, no doubt helped along by burgeoning 401(k) investments and stock options,...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Senate has confirmed Ann Laine Combs? appointment to the position of Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Pension and Welfare Benefits...

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Bush administration is ready to nominate candidates for two key government positions, including head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

December 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - OmniCare Health Plan has a new Web site, focused on the information needs of employers, as well as providers and member agents.

December 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- Charging that Houston energy trader Enron's economic problems represented a "grotesque fraud," Amalgamated Bank on Wednesday sought to freeze the bank accounts of Enron...

December 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF)'s landmark suit against Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) was suspended today, according to a report in the Wall...

December 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick remarked that proposals by steel companies to have the federal government cover some pension and retiree health care...

December 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Manulife Financial introduced a college savings calculator, which compares the potential tax benefits between keeping college savings in UGMA/UTMA accounts, versus transferring the assets...

December 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Yield Curve Solutions (YCS), a third party lending agent, has developed a new index to help plan sponsors and money managers measure their Canadian...

November 17, 2000 (HedgeWorld.com) Richard Jaycobs, the former chief technology officer for Paul Tudor Jones trading firm, is gearing up to launch of a Web-based futures-and-derivatives platform called...

November 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING completed the merger of the ING Direct Funds and ING Advisor Funds into a single ING fund family.

November 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING Pilgrim Investments now offers the Pilgrim Principal Protection Fund II (PPPF II), designed for investors seeking long-term growth coupled with a period of...

November 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar now offers asset managers, consultants and other investment professionals a new way to measure performance, following the launch of DataLab, an Internet-based investment...

November 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The final 2001 meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will be held on November 14.

November 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? A plan administrator acted improperly in determining that workers that took an early retirement offer were precluded from also pursuing claims for severance...

November 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Senate version of a mental health parity amendment is likely to increase costs - and decrease coverage of mental health treatments, according...