International Business News - FII http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Cash is starting to flow out of money market accounts as interest rates on those accounts have tumbled along with the Federal Reserve Board's recent spate of cuts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/market-spotlight-money-market-funds-and-recent-rate-cuts.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 17:42:15 EDT Among the earnings stories for Thursday, April 24, from AP Financial News: DALLAS (AP) _ Information technology services company Electronic Data Systems Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit was less than half what it was a year ago when it recorded a huge contract termination payment from Verizon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/earnings-roundup-eds-federated-investors.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:02:27 EDT The board that oversees the state's investments needs professional help, Florida's Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said Thursday. Sink, a career banker, Gov. Charlie Crist and Attorney General Bill McCollum _ both attorneys and largely career politicians _ serve as the trustees overseeing the state Board of Administration. The agency invests state money, the state's pension fund and also money for local governments. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080307/fla-cfo-investment-board-needs-help.htm Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:36:26 EST Wall Street retreated Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted a "sluggish" economy until later in the year and more mortgage-related losses at banks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 175 points. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080214/stocks-end-lower-after-bernanke-comments.htm Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:21:36 EST Florida chose Federated Investors Inc. on Tuesday to take over management of its local government investment pool, hoping the private investment firm will help reassure investors who withdrew more than $15 billion in a panic last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080212/federated-to-manage-investment-pool.htm Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:25:40 EST The chief financial officer of investment management firm Federated Investors Inc. sold 2,985 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080131/federated-investors-cfo-sells-shares.htm Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:39:05 EST Investment management firm Federated Investors Inc. said Monday it launched the Federated Kaufmann Large Cap Fund. The new fund will invest in large capitalization stocks with prospects for sustainable growth, and use the Russell 1000 Growth Index as its primary benchmark. Federated Investors already offers two Federated Kaufmann funds that invest in small- and midcap stocks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080107/federated-investors-launches-new-fund.htm Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:01:15 EST Treasury prices sold off sharply Friday, driving the 10-year yield well above 4 percent after the latest monthly employment report showed an acceptable jobs growth pace for a challenged economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071207/treasurys-hit-hard-by-payroll-growth.htm Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:31:07 EST