Chip Barnett

Jefferies said it received good demand for the $292.26 million of tobacco settlement pass-through bonds it priced for the New York Counties Tobacco Trust VI.

The largest African-American, Latino and woman-owned investment bank in the United States has changed its name to Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., LLC, effective Monday, to reflect its ownership structure.

Matt Gray has joined the Public Finance Department of the Sherman & Howard law firm. He will be working in the company's Denver office.

Top-rated municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, traders said, as the first of the week's $8.84 billion of bond supply started to hit the market on Tuesday.

The municipal bond market will see the first of the week's $8.84 billion of bond supply price on Tuesday, led by a Golden State issuer.

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.

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.

Municipal bond traders are returning to work on Monday looking ahead to a hefty $8.84 billion new issue calendar.

Municipal volume is set to jump higher in the coming week, boosted by competitive deals.

Top shelf municipal bonds were steady at mid-session, according to traders, ahead of next week's hefty supply.

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.

HJ Sims has named Jonathan Jarow as managing director and senior vice president in its office in Boca Raton, Florida.

Sales 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.

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.

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.

New York City announced on Thursday it will offer around $1.49 billion of general obligation bonds next month.

Butler Snow has hired Stephen E. Weyl to practice law in its public finance, tax incentives, and credit markets groups in Boston.

As part of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $27 billion five-year capital program, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced plans for the renovation of 31 subway stations across New York City and unveiled a totally new design for the 1,025 subway cars that are on tap to be bought by the agency.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will be coming to market on Tuesday with its first competitive deals in at least 15 years when it puts up for bid two sales tax and assessment refinancing transactions totaling about $344.2 million.

The New York City Economic Development Corp. on Thursday picked the Lowline team to create the world’s first underground park on the Lower East Side, using solar technology to transform the abandoned Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal under Delancey Street into a one-acre cultural space set to be opened to the public in 2021.