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South Carolina does not want any more federal money to set up an insurance exchange, the state's health regulator said on Thursday, citing fears about the strings attached to the funds.

When I say Bernie Madoff, what do you say? Without more than a second, you might generate sinister synonyms such as “thief,” “crook,” “con-man,” or “man with no ethics.” The list could go on and on. And as we all know, the sad fact is that the damage Madoff inflicted was not just monetary. He also crushed the public’s opinion of the advisery community. Those of us in his wake have been given the task of…

Every year for the past five years, WorldatWork's Alliance for Work-Life Progress honors work-life thought leadership, best practices and innovation through its Work-Life Rising Star Recognition Award. Meet this year's winners and find out how to nominate someone for next year's awards.

The U.S. Department of Labor has slightly delayed the deadlines on significant new affirmative obligations for fiduciaries of retirement plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Although the deadlines have been pushed back to April 1, 2012, employers should be preparing now to ensure that they are ready to comply with the new requirements. …

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Financial advisers and human resources managers looking for new and more effective ways to interact with their Baby Boomer employees should be inspired by a new report that finds social networking participation among this highly coveted group surged more than 60% in the past year.

401(k) investors and sponsors are likely to stand up and take notice of the fees that will be clearly presented to them in April, particularly the fact that investors pay most of the administration fees. These administration fees, or expense ratios, cover not just fund management but also recordkeeping, auditing and broker commissions.

HR/benefits managers looking for new and more effective ways to interact with baby boomer employees should be inspired by a new Pew Research Center report that found social networking participation among this highly coveted group surged more than 60% in the past year.

I always have had an ear for conspiracy theories. I still watch Oliver Stone’s “JFK” almost religiously and freeze frame during the shooting incidence. But when it comes to the health care exchanges created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, even I cannot start to consider a deep-seated conspiracy. The more I look at it, the more obvious the answer becomes: It's simple economics, that greatest leveler of them all.

In the digital age of talking via tweet, the term social networks now makes people think of Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. However, according to Dr. Larry Miller, president and CEO of Activate Networks, flesh-and-blood social networks are just as critical, if not more important, than those relationships forged in cyberspace.