Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund

PAVEMENTS ARE NICE, STREETS A BIT BUMPY.(Capital Region)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/22/2009; 1105 words; ...However, with property taxes going off the charts...of targeting tight funds for crumbling street...are now property tax exempt. Stratton tried...payment in lieu of taxes for municipal services...sidewalk sign outside Putnam Wine in downtown...a low per capita income is the ...

It's not your father's municipal bond market anymore?
New Haven Register; 7/20/2009; 1167 words; ...reliable tax-exempt returns of around...insurance. But the tax-favored status...to ease their tax hit. "People...longtime fixed-income manager whose...to explain muni funds' recent popularity...starters, with taxes already rising...compared with less tax-friendly ...

Not the same old municipal bond market
The Boston Globe; 7/19/2009; 1159 words; ...reliable tax-exempt returns of around...insurance. But the tax-favored status...to ease their tax hit. "People...Cohen, a fixed-income manager whose...to explain muni funds' recent popularity...starters, with taxes already rising...compared with less tax-friendly ...

Putnam Provides Update on Closed-End Fund Mergers.
Business Wire; 6/26/2009; 800 words; ...Trustees of the Putnam Funds announced today that Putnam has advised the Trustees...each of two closed-end funds into an open-end fund. Putnam and the Trustees first...NYSE: PMO) into Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund and of Putnam Managed...

Putnam's Reynolds makes the DC call; Proposal seen as effort at reform, but also a way for firm to regain competitive footing.
Pensions & Investments; 5/18/2009; 1806 words; ...back up lifetime income guarantees...methods, adding tax incentives to...this country. At Putnam, we want to get...trying to get Putnam back into the...marketing advantage to Putnam,'' said Richard...most conservative funds is a little self...Every big mutual fund company ...