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SAN FRANCISCO — After a 22-year career with the city of Seattle, longtime finance director Dwight Dively is moving on.
February 12 - Oregon
SAN FRANCISCO — The Oregon Legislature won’t send voters Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s proposal to change the state’s tax rebate law to bolster its rainy-day fund, lawmakers said late last week.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Voters in two counties north of San Francisco gave overwhelming support in 2008 to a ballot measure taxing themselves to build a new commuter train line.
February 12 - Washington
Primary and secondary market trading volume for Build America Bonds totaled $117.4 billion on 271,777 trades last year, according to a report released Friday by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
February 12 - Washington
WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday unveiled a draft of bipartisan jobs legislation that would “BABify” four tax-credit bond programs by allowing issuers to receive Build America Bond-type direct payments instead of providing investors with tax credits.
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- Washington
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Bob Corker’s decision to negotiate directly with Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd on regulatory reform may boost the chances of reaching a bipartisan bill, but does not clarify how critical unresolved issues will be worked out.
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The rating agencies may be poised to give California bondholders a breather. The bond market is not.
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WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission is defending its antifraud authority over certain interest-rate swaps and urging a federal judge not to dismiss its suit against two former JPMorgan bankers for allegedly making more than $8 million in undisclosed payments to secure swaps for the firm with Jefferson County, Ala.
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WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department yesterday announced that it had allocated the second and final $1 billion tranche of tribal economic development bonds to 76 Indian tribes across the nation.
February 11 - California
SAN FRANCISCO — Issuers in the Far West sold almost $95 billion in municipal bonds during 2009, up more than 29% from 2008, including almost $19 billion of taxable Build America Bonds.
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