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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed to delay some rules for the swaps market until as late as Dec. 31, 2011.

SAN FRANCISCO - California lawmakers are up against a zero-hour constitutional deadline Wednesday to pass a balanced budget or they will begin to lose pay.

The Department of Transportation is proposing high-speed rail projects be built with 100% American-made parts and equipment.

An advisory committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday and submit five reports to the Internal Revenue Service, including one on the role of conduit issuers in tax compliance and another on tribal economic development bonds, according to members.

Billionaire Eli Broad's new contemporary art museum in Los Angeles will sell $150 million of bonds this week to help get it off the ground.

WASHINGTON - State and local governments will lose at least $10.1 billion this year in tax revenue not collected on Internet transactions - a figure some experts believe is too low - while federal legislation that would grant states the authority to collect online sales taxes has stalled amid anti-tax sentiment.

WASHINGTON - Market participants are urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to clarify, in its proposed business-conduct standards for swap dealers, that dealers should not be required to put a state or local government issuer's interests ahead of their own.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — California's largest conduit bond issuer and its private contractor are on the defensive after recent attacks on its roles both in and out of the state.

The Nevada Assembly approved a bill Tuesday to support a public-private partnership to build a bypass toll road around Boulder City.

Sierra Kings Health Care District voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a proposed sale of the bankrupt hospital to Adventist Health.