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October 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in profit sharing and 401(k) plans have more investment choices from which to choose than they did in past years, an industry...

October 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies were not at all reluctant to slash costs this year with an eye toward the continuing economic uncertainty, a new survey found.

October 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As employers struggle with rising healthcare costs, new research offers some insights into how and why employers make health plan decisions.

October 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cost of employer-sponsored health care and prescription drug coverage will continue to rocket to the moon, according to a new survey.

October 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the lingering weak job market and wild gyrations still rocking Wall Street, employees' confidence level in the present and future conditions of...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Another large employer is cutting its pension contributions and asking workers to pick up a larger share of health care costs.

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most workers still have a long way to go in achieving their retirement dreams, a study finds.

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Blue Cross of California has unwrapped Power HealthFund PPO (preferred provider organization) for large employers with 500 or more employees on both an...

October 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Afghan-born former Worcester Art Museum security guard was fired only because he is a Muslim, the Boston Globe reported.

October 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health-care costs for baby boomers may be rising to the moon, but that doesn't mean the aging process is to blame, a new...

September 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SIMPLE IRAs continue to be popular among very small employers as a retirement savings vehicle, according to a new survey.

September 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The future may not be so bright for a third of the people participating in a recent investing survey.

September 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp. will increase the twice-slashed 401(k) match for nearly 45,000 US salaried employees, company officials said, according to news reports.

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Coca-Cola has promoted women and minorities at a faster rate than white men, but a court-appointed task force still found that many minorities...

September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Graphics chip maker Nvidia has unveiled a new options "swap" program that will let workers trade in worthless options for company stock.

September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential, the UK's second-biggest life insurance company announced it plans to move new employees from its traditional pension plan to a defined contribution-style...

September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new poll shows that many Americans are still confident about, and satisfied with, their health care services despite raging price hikes, but...

September 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan investment advisors and plan sponsors trying to meet their fiduciary oversight duties might benefit from new mutual fund risk assessment software.

September 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hospital service costs are rising faster than other healthcare costs, a study found.

September 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many older Americans who don't think they'll need special provisions for their long-term care needs just don't know what's coming, a survey finds.