Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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Top-rated municipal bonds finished stronger on the long end on Monday in light activity, according to traders, ahead of a beefy new issue supply slate, which will start hitting the market on Tuesday.
August 22 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, ahead of a hefty $8.84 billion new issue calendar that will start hitting the market on Tuesday.
August 22 -
Municipal bond traders are returning to work on Monday looking ahead to a hefty $8.84 billion new issue calendar.
August 22 -
Municipal volume is set to jump higher in the coming week, boosted by competitive deals.
August 19 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were steady at mid-session, according to traders, ahead of next week's hefty supply.
August 19 -
Municipal bond traders are taking a break on Friday as they get ready for the weekend and look ahead to next week's beefy new issue slate.
August 19 -
FloridaHJ Sims has named Jonathan Jarow as managing director and senior vice president in its office in Boca Raton, Florida.
August 11 -
New YorkSales tax revenue collected by local governments in New York state rose 1.7%, or $130 million, in the first half of the year, according to a report released Thursday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
August 4 -
PHILADELPHIA After the presidential election, the United States may see a "golden moment" to push for increased federal and state spending to fix America's crumbling infrastructure, according to Democratic mayors speaking a policy meeting at Philadelphia on Tuesday.
July 27 -
Lance Badorf has joined HJ Sims as Vice President of Fixed Income Trading, the company announced on Monday. He is a 15 year industry veteran who specializes in trading taxable and bank qualified municipal bonds.
July 25
