The best 401ks

Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 11:09 AM EDT (Business Week)

How does your 401(k) plan stack up against others? BrightScope, a new online database with data on more than 1,000 plans, rates all plans based on criteria like participation rate, default rate, fees, and employer match.

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BrightScope :: BrightScope Flooded With 401k Data Uploads From Plan Sponsors

Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 11:06 AM EDT ( PR Newswire: press release distribution, targeting, monitoring and marketing)

BrightScope, an online 401k ratings company, announced today that its public disclosure website (www.brightscope.com) has been flooded with 401k data uploads from plan sponsors and participants.

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Marcel Media to Share Search Marketing Best Practices on American Business Media Panel

Seeded on Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:25 PM EDT ( PR Newswire: press release distribution, targeting, monitoring and marketing)

Marcel Media CEO Kelly Cutler to speak about online marketing and search engine optimization at American Business Media's first Chicago Regional Conference.

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Front and Center

Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:17 PM EDT (Employee Benefit Adviser)

BrightScope has come up with the average 401(k) investor. That asexual avatar is 44 years old, earns about $40,000 a year and has an account balance of about $40,000.

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How Does Your 401k Stack Up?

Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:49 AM EDT (Yahoo!)

So what does the 401(k) landscape look like? And how does your plan rate against others? We asked BrightScope—a new online database that has analyzed more than 1,000 plans, based on information from companies and filings from the U.S. Labor Dept.

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Phelps Image As Hero Hurt By Photos

Seeded on Fri Feb 6, 2009 1:46 AM EST (Wall Street Journal)

It is hard to live a perfect life in the public eye. It requires a very high standard. People are often "out to get" people in the public eye, even to the extent of set ups, slander, and making things up.

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Award-Winning Internet Marketing Agency Marcel Media Announces New Clients, Office, Staff

Seeded on Wed Feb 4, 2009 11:22 AM EST ( PR Newswire: press release distribution, targeting, monitoring and marketing)

Marcel Media, a Chicago-based Internet marketing agency that delivers custom online marketing solutions, is announcing 14 new client wins in spite of record levels of unemployment in Illinois and recent global advertising firm layoffs at Leo Burnett.

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Rate Your 401(k) - Planning to Retire - usnews.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:45 AM EST (US News & World Report)

Have you ever wondered how your 401k's company match, fees, and investment choices compare to those offered by other employers? Now there's a place where you can dish all the juicy financial details online.

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Recruiting 2.0 - Entrepreneur.com

Seeded on Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:39 PM EST (Entrepreneur.com)

Ben Swartz, co-founder and president of Chicago-based interactive marketing advisory firm Marcel Media, estimates he's hired three-quarters of his 21-person staff using Web 2.0 resources.

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