T. Rowe Price (ROWE)is now offering mutual fund and stock quotes, free research, and economic data on its website, with the information provided by Standard & Poor's.

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U.S. Global Investors Inc. (GROW), investment adviser to the U.S. Global Investors family of funds will sponsor an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Sweepstakes in which the winner receives $2,000 toward an IRA. The company sponsored a similar sweepstakes last year.

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Kinetics Asset Management, the investment advisor to The Internet Fund, has added its first money market mutual fund, The Kinetics Government Money Market Fund. Its family is now six strong, including The Internet Infrastructure Fund, The Internet Emerging Growth Fund, The Internet Global Growth Fund, The Internet New Paradigm Fund and The Medical Fund.

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Morningstar has released its Morningstar® Mutual Fund 500, a guide geared towards the retail public that features 500 mutual fund it has selected as the best in the business. This year's edition also includes an "Analysts Picks" section which selects 150 funds chosen for their performance, risk, costs, and the manager's long-term strategies.

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First American Funds, a division of U.S. Bancorp (USB), has launched four new funds: the Arizona Tax Free Fund, the California Tax Free Fund, the Colorado Tax Free Fund, and the Corporate Bond Fund. The first three funds will invest primarily in high-quality municipal bonds issued by the states or by local and regional governments within the states, while the fourth will focus on investment-grade bonds. 

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