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		<title><![CDATA[Mutual Fund Fees Jump 5 Percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While you wait for your portfolio to climb out of the basement, fund companies are siphoning off a bigger share of your cash.                     An exclusive analysis for MoneyWatch.com by investment...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam's Absolute Return Funds: Same As It Ever Was]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Putnam's new Absolute Return funds aim to earn returns that outpace Treasury bills by one, three, five and seven percent respectively. Unfortunately, they seem more likely to follow in the footsteps of the vast majority of the mutual fund industry's other "innovations." by Patrick McDevitt]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:18:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Adds Two Industry Stars to Equity Team]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick C. Thakore and Robert D. Ewing to Lead Putnam's Large Cap Equities  BOSTON -- Putnam Investments announced today that two distinguished equity fund managers, Nick C. Thakore, 41, and Robert D. Ewing, 40, will join the firm as Managing Directors and Portfolio Managers of Putnam's Large Cap Equities...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Appoints Jeffrey R. Carney Head of Global Marketing and Products]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Putnam Investments has named Jeffrey R. Carney, age 46, Senior Managing Director and Head of Global Marketing and Products, it was announced today by Putnam's President and CEO Robert L. Reynolds. The appointment is effective on October 27.  "This new role at Putnam acknowledges the outstanding opportunities...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Investments Announces Participation in the U.S. Treasury Money Market Guaranty Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- The Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds authorized the Putnam Fund's participation in the U.S. Treasury's Money Market Guaranty Program.  The program provides coverage to shareholders of Putnam's retail money market funds as of the close of business on September 19, 2008. The temporary guaranty will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Memories That Register]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ciro Bracci admits that, at the time, he was "a little scared." Probably more than a little. It was late in 1967, and he was being invited to relocate the barber shop he opened several years earlier in the Pine Point section of Springfield, or "the Point," as he called...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Announces Shareholder Approval of Closed-End Fund Mergers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Dec_13/ai_n27475364]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Putnam Investments announced that shareholders have approved two mergers involving five Putnam closed-end funds. Putnam High Yield Municipal Trust (NYSE: PYM) will merge into Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (NYSE: PMM). Each of Putnam Investment Grade Municipal Trust (NYSE: PGM) and Putnam Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE: PMG) will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Announces Upcoming Tender Offer for Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Putnam Investments and the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds announced today that the Trustees have authorized Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE: PIM) to conduct a tender offer, to be commenced in the first quarter of 2008, for 15% of the fund's outstanding shares, with a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Announces Formal Approval of Closed-End Fund Mergers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_June_18/ai_n27277390]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Putnam Investments and the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds announced today that the Board of Trustees has formally approved i the merger of Putnam High Yield Municipal Trust (NYSE: PYM) into Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (NYSE: PMM) and ii the mergers of each of Putnam...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam's Haldeman gives mea culpa at Tiburon summit.(Conference Calls)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Brooke Southall      SAN FRANCISCO - Charles "Ed'' Haldeman Jr. has told  his peers that he shares blame for the publicity fiasco that nearly sank  Putnam Investments.      The Boston-based chief executive of Putnam failed to grasp how his...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Profiles of the 100 largest plan sponsors.(The P&I 1000)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[42 Retirement Systems of Alabama    Millions    Total assets $29,103    Defined benefit $28,098    Defined contribution $1,005    DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN:    Employer DB contributions $684    Benefit payments $1,846    Asset...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Charles A. Jaffe | Why scandals will keep coming]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200701/ai_n17121126]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As a mutual-fund shareholder, you wanted to believe there would be no more scandals, that the bad guys had been caught, would be punished, and that the worst was over. You would have been better off believing in the Tooth Fairy. An agreement reached last week between former Putnam Investments...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Closed-End Fund Shareholders Vote to Keep Funds Closed-End]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Jan_12/ai_n17115054]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Putnam High Income Securities Fund (NYSE: PCF), Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE: PIM) and Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE: PPT) held their annual meeting of shareholders on January 11, 2007.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cushman & Wakefield announced its appointment to sell 100 West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, Conn., a 160,000 s/f Class-A office property owned and fully occupied by UST Inc]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_21_53/ai_n27117442]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cushman & Wakefield announced its appointment to sell 100 West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, Conn., a 160,000 s/f Class-A office property owned and fully occupied by UST Inc.. 100 West Putnam Avenue contains four stories of office space over covered parking on 2.74 acres. The property, which also features two...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Managed High Yield Trust and Putnam High Yield Trust Merge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Oct_30/ai_n27045301]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Putnam Managed High Yield Trust (NYSE: PTM) and Putnam High Yield Trust completed their previously announced merger in a closing held today.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beyond the ABCs of leasing: Is that a Ferrari I see?(Special Report)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5251/is_200610/ai_n20120016]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Larry Edsall    The basics    You probably already know this, but the pluses for leasing are  lower monthly payments and/or the ability to drive a larger/better/more  luxurious car than you could afford to buy.    A leased car has lower...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam Fund Trustees Recommend Against Conversion of Three Closed-End Funds to Open-End Status at 2007 Annual Meetings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Oct_13/ai_n27039357]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Putnam Investments announced today that the Trustees of the Putnam Funds have voted to recommend that shareholders of each of Putnam High Income Securities Fund (NYSE: PCF), Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE: PIM) and Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE: PPT) vote, at the funds' upcoming annual shareholder...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Brother's Watching]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2928/is_200610/ai_n16913391]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Get with it. That was the message for a gathering of mutual fund board executives this summer from a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who stressed that part of their job included understanding issues important to the equity trading desks they oversee. SEC Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth encouraged...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Class Action Against American International Group, Inc. on Behalf of Purchasers of Putnam Mutual Funds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200604/ai_n16138188]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed on April 7, 2006 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against American International Group, Inc. and certain of its affiliates, on behalf of those who purchased Putnam mutual funds from the AIG...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putnam's Farewell Address.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5552/is_200604/ai_n23571773]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 31, Gerry Putnam gave his final analyst briefing as  chief executive of Archipelago Holdings. On March 7, he became president  and co-chief operating officer of the newly formed New York Stock  Exchange Group. The questions he fielded at the briefing go right to the ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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