The BenefitsLink Newsletter December 23, 1999 What's New - Top Stories Playing 401(k) Catch-Up: Year-End Strategies for Employees CBS MarketWatch [More like this] Quebec Makes Changes To Pension System Funding Yahoo! News [More like this] Holiday Bonuses Alive but Fading; Many Companies Using Performance-Based Pay Instead NewsPage [More like this] The Sources of Cost Difference in Health Insurance Plans: A Decomposition Analysis National Bureau of Economic Research [More like this] President Signs "Tax Extenders" Legislation Investment Company Institute [More like this] Text of Tax Extenders Bill, HR 1180 Thomas.loc.gov [More like this] Critics: Bid To Curb Medical Errors May Be Fruitless Miami Herald [More like this] Kaiser Permanente To Implement $35 ER Admission Charge news.excite.com [More like this] Connecticut HMO Suit Aims To Put Patients First USA Today [More like this] Financial Engines May Rev Up For An IPO The Standard [More like this] PWBA Proposes Class PTE for "Passive" Cross-Trades of Plan Securities CCH (12/23/99 Only) [More like this] Getting Started: Employee's Guide to Assessing a Cash Balance Conversion cashpensions.com [More like this] New (to Us) Noteworthy Links Good News for Partners' Participation in Self-Funded Health Plan RIA Pension & Benefits Week   BenefitsBoards.net - Top Topics Plan year ends 9/30 - I terminated 6/99 and still don't have my money - shouldn't I be entitled to gains on my money from 9/30/98 until it is distributed to me? Is a change to requiring one-year of marriage before death benefits will automatically be paid to a spouse barred by the 411(d)(6) anti-cutback rule? Progressions - Promotions and New Personnel Todd L. Moyer of Mid Atlantic Institutional Shares, Inc.

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