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April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, formerly Secretary's Day, careers web site Monster.com asked respondents what they thought of the job title "secretary".

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA Investment Managers plans to list a new European exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 index.

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants and plan sponsors alike could certainly be experiencing motion sickness, with the daily change in the widely represented S&P 500 index hitting...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Interrelated data on wage levels and benefit plan details will now be available from a single source, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS)...

April 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An American Airlines flight attendant has filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claiming her employee health plan is discriminatory...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US investors reacted to a slumping stock market by pulling a record $15.4 billion out of stock mutual funds last month, according to...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors should jettison underperforming funds in order to raise cash for better investing days ahead -- even if those funds come from the...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The same factors that encourage small business owners to become entrepreneurs also tend to discourage participation in retirement plans - and might tend...

April 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of America and the American Council of Life Insurers has found that 40% of workers have...

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workers are finding a greater array of worklife benefit options, thanks to the still-tight labor market, according to a survey of 1,020 US...

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two-thirds of technology workers over the age of 45 say age discrimination is a significant problem in their field, according to a recent...

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters of American employers are now keeping tabs on their employees, twice the number just four years ago, according to a...

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the face of declining markets, Delaware investments has announced plans to eliminate 14 of its retail mutual funds this year.

April 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - So far, 2001 has been a brutal year for UK pension fund mangers, with returns languishing at levels not seen since 1974.

April 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by Gartner, a research firm, found that employees spend an average of 49 minutes per day going through their e-mails.

April 20, 2001 - (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fully-insured premiums increased in 2000 for both long-term and short-term disability insurance, while sales in Administrative Services Only contracts declined for both...

April 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson has launched a national campaign to encourage organ, tissue, marrow and blood donations, working through...

April 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Automatically enrolling employees in 401(k) plans appears to increase both long- and short-term participation patterns, according to a new study from the Profit-Sharing/401(k)...

April 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Norman Bobins, president and chief executive of LaSalle Bank, and Diane Swonk, chief economist at Bank One Corp., are being considered for an...

April 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today saw the launch of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, a capped, tradable index featuring the largest, most liquid Chinese equities.