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The BenefitsLink Newsletter This issue sponsored by EmployeeBenefitsJobs.com Would your company like to sponsor an issue? January 31, 2000 Top Stories - Retirement Plans Financial Engines Announces New Relationships to Begin the Year 2000 Yahoo! News [More like this] 401(k) Safe Harbor Rules Liberalized (PDF) Louis Kravitz & Associates, Inc. [More like this] IRS Updates Guidance On Automatic Enrollment 401(k) Plans cybERISA.com [More like this] For Couples, Many Factors Go Into Deciding How to Take Pension Pay Los Angeles Times [More like this] U.S. Workers Crazy for 401(k)s Deseret News [More like this] Association of U S West Retirees Charges Company With Rate Misuse in Pension Conflict During Qwest Deal news.excite.com [More like this] Listing of Cash Balance Legislation cashpensions.com [More like this] Clinton Announces Three Private Retirement Initiatives 401Kafe.com [More like this] Workers Don't Buy the Delay for the TSP's Two New Funds Washington Post [More like this] Top Stories - Health and Welfare Plans A.M. Best Cites Aggressive Growth, Inadequate Pricing as Driving HMO Failures news.excite.com [More like this] Fla. Prompt-Pay Laws Revised For Lawmakers South Florida Business Journal [More like this] New Recommended Links About Employee Benefits Health Care Industry A Patchwork Of Ideas, Events Business Journal of San Jose [More like this] Protecting Your Auto Insurance Settlement From Your Health Care Provider insure.com [More like this] Overview of the Canadian Health Care System Blue Cross of Atlantic Canada [More like this] Copyright 2000 BenefitsLink.com, Inc. Feel free to forward this email to friends, colleagues or clients, if no fee is paid to you and the email is forwarded in its entirety. Thanks! BenefitsLink is a trademark of BenefitsLink.com, Inc., published by Dave Baker with much help from Mary Hall and lots of friends. To subscribe (free): visit https://benefitslink.com/newsletter/ - or the person desiring to subscribe can send an email to listmanager@postmastergeneral.com, with this as the subject of the email: subscribe benefitslink We have an online archive of prior issues.

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