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Putnam to Merge Six Equity Funds and Lay Off 47
By James J. GreenBob Reynolds, the former Fidelity executive, has taken additional steps to make his mark upon Putnam Investments
November 12, 2008
Federal Reserve Stalls Money Market Fund BailoutThe Federal Reserve Board said November 10 that is delaying until November 24.
November 12, 2008
Paulson Changes Course on TARPTreasury Secretary Henry Paulson said today that he is veering from the original plan
November 10, 2008
Stock Fund Redemptions at Modest LevelDespite October redemption activity being high in the first two weeks of the month.
November 10, 2008
Mutual funds see inflow again; investments could be premature, analysts sayFor the first time in 15 weeks, mutual funds saw significant inflow. According to CNNMoney, for the seven-day period ending Nov. 7, investors poured $2.2...
November 01, 2008
Equity Funds Suffer, Bond Funds MixedAs the markets went through further volatility in reaction to the deepening crisis of confidence in the banking system, many mutual fund investors decided to...
November 01, 2008
Capitalism Comes To ChinaMarket participants may find some irony in the idea that as the capitalist West embarks on bailouts and nationalization, the still--officially--Communist nation of China is...
November 01, 2008
Vanguard Mulls Fed ProgramVanguard says that, as of September 30, it has yet to decide whether it will participate in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's program to...