<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Media Relations at FAF Advisors and First American Funds. Journalists with media inquiries may contact&amp;nbsp;Mike MacMillan&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;212.473.4442.&lt;/p&gt;</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>Delphic Sage CMS</generator><managingEditor>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com</managingEditor><webMaster>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com</webMaster><item><title>Labor Day Holiday Schedule</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=216&amp;title=Labor_Day_Holiday_Schedule</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;FIRST AMERICAN FUNDS CLOSING:&amp;nbsp; LABOR DAY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday -&amp;nbsp;September 3, 2010&amp;nbsp; - No Early Close&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;All&amp;nbsp;First American Funds will close at their normal times.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Labor Day Holiday - Monday, September 6, 2010 - CLOSED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and First American Funds are closed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions, please contact Investor Services at &lt;strong&gt;800.677.FUND&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">886</guid></item><item><title>Morningstar Report: &amp;quot;Building Diversification with Infrastructure&amp;quot;</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=214&amp;title=Morningstar_Report_quotBuilding_Diversification_with_Infrastructurequot</link><description /><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">884</guid></item><item><title>U.S. Bancorp Announces Strategic Alliance with Nuveen Investments</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=204&amp;title=US_Bancorp_Announces_Strategic_Alliance_with_Nuveen_Investments</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/default.aspx?p=4044"&gt;Click here to read press release.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;</description><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">871</guid></item><item><title>Nuveen Investments Announces Strategic Combination with FAF Advisors</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=206&amp;title=Nuveen_Investments_Announces_Strategic_Combination_with_FAF_Advisors</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/default.aspx?p=4045"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here to read press release.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">872</guid></item><item><title>First American Funds Reduces Sales Charges for Short-Term Bond Funds</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=200&amp;title=First_American_Funds_Reduces_Sales_Charges_for_ShortTerm_Bond_Funds</link><description /><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">867</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: Three Moves Ahead</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=198&amp;title=Viewpoints_Three_Moves_Ahead</link><description /><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">858</guid></item><item><title>Al Villalon Appears on CNBC-TV</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=195&amp;title=Al_Villalon_Appears_on_CNBCTV</link><description>&lt;table class="data-table" style="border-top: 4px solid #f0be10; margin-bottom: 20px;" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Senior equity research analyst Al Villalon appeared on CNBC-TV recently to discuss the prospects for financial-sector stocks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This interview includes mentions of several publicly held companies. The quarter-end holdings of all First American Funds may be viewed by clicking, &lt;a href="/default.aspx?p=3525"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Uploads/FileManager/Videos/Transcripts/AV_CNBCMay18_Transcript.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;View Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td align="left" valign="top"&gt;&lt;em&gt;May 18, 2010&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;/table&gt;</description><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">853</guid></item><item><title>Market Update: A Bumpy Ride for Investors</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=190&amp;title=Market_Update_A_Bumpy_Ride_for_Investors</link><description /><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">846</guid></item><item><title>The Wall Street Transcript: Dividend Paying Stocks &amp;amp; Contrarian Value Investing</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=211&amp;title=The_Wall_Street_Transcript_Dividend_Paying_Stocks_amp_Contrarian_Value_Investing</link><description /><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">844</guid></item><item><title>New Money Market Fund Regulations</title><link>http://www.financialprofessionals.firstamericanfunds.com/home/media-relations/news.aspx?d=180&amp;title=New_Money_Market_Fund_Regulations</link><description /><author>Cheryl.Stone1@FirstAmericanFunds.com ()</author><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">823</guid></item></channel></rss>