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The Department of Labor's ('DOL') prohibited transaction exemption procedures provide an opportunity for plan sponsors, service providers, industry groups, or others to apply for permission to engage in a variety [...]

The Department of Labor (the 'DOL') recently finalized a regulation amending the rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ('ERISA'), related to the selection of [...]

On September 6, 2022, the Department of Labor (the 'Department') published an Interpretive Bulletin entitled 'Independence of Employee Benefit Plan Accountants' (the 'Bulletin' or 'IB 2022-01') superseding previous guidance governing [...]

On October 14, 2021, the Department of Labor (the 'DOL') published a proposed regulation, 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights' (86 Fed. Reg. 57272, the [...]

On December 16, the Department of Labor (the 'Department') published its final regulation addressing the fiduciary duties that apply to proxy voting and the exercise of other shareholder rights in [...]

At the outset of an investigation of possible violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") by the Department of Labor, Employee Benefit Security Administration [...]

Cobb drivers recently experienced a major traffic jam because of a wreck that closed parts of I-285 and I-75. I'd like to express my continued disappointment with the DOT [Georgia [...]

Annapolis summit U.S. can help make history On Tuesday, Israeli and Palestinian leaders met for the Annapolis Conference to advance the peace process. The American Jewish Committee applauds the progress [...]

Good Samaritan stopped to change her flat tire There are still good people out there! Thank you to the Good Samaritan who stopped to change my flat tire on Monday [...]

Grady Memorial Hospital needs help. What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. do? Instead of spending $150 million on a memorial to King and his work for civil rights, [...]

State Sen. Chip Rogers and immigration: Responses to 'Federal bill would rob our poor for benefit of corporate America,' @issue, June 26. Senator exploits poor citizens for political gain It [...]

Teen sex case: High court fails to show good sense I found the Georgia Supreme Court's decision to turn down the teenage boy's appeal in a sex case to be [...]

SPEAKING ENGLISH Immersion the best way to learn new language A former neighbor, Jack, once told me how his family dealt with the necessity of learning a new language. When [...]

Minimum wage: Responses to 'Minimum wage due for increase,' Editorial, Nov. 12 and to 'Minimum wage hike likely to hurt,' Equal Time, Nov. 12 Bad habits, bad choices share blame [...]

Iraq war: Media judgment unfair to military What is the main reason that Americans do not support their troops to the extent that they are intolerant in comments and press [...]

MEXICO CITY _ The Finance Secretariat on Friday afternoon denied a news report that said Finance Secretary Guillermo Ortiz admitted Mexico needed more dollars to fulfill all its obligations this […]

MEXICO CITY _ Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate, Ernesto Zedillo, is leading with a 51.8 percent share of the votes counted so far in the national election, according […]

MEXICO CITY _ The Mexican election _ clean or not _ may go down in history as the most closely scrutinized balloting ever. The Federal Electoral Institute anticipates 30,000 Mexican […]