1.   But fee waiving is standard practice among money funds.

2.   And, as a result, money funds are being used increasingly by consumers as a substitute for the more traditional bank account, fund executives said.

3.   And, as a result, money funds are being used more and more by consumers as a substitute for the more traditional bank account, fund executives said.

4.   As a result, money funds are being used more and more by consumers as a substitute for the more traditional bank account.

5.   As to questions about bias, the women who manage money funds did not express complaints.

6.   Banco Caroni said it is now able to offer leasing and investment bank services, as well as money funds.

7.   Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. said some investors are switching assets to money funds from equity funds as the domestic market declines.

8.   Benham Group, of Mountain View, California, does occasionally eliminate fees on some money funds to attract as much as assets as possible.

9.   Because managers of money funds buy very similar securities, expenses are the most important determinant of yield.

10.   A big reason for the increase is the surge in sales of money funds, said Robyn Tice, a company spokeswoman.