Finance

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent letters to the Internal Revenue Service and to Treasury's Inspector General for Tax Administration threatening litigation and and asking for a probe of alleged undue political interference.

S&P boosted the outlook on New Mexico's AA rating to stable from negative.

Municipal CUSIP requests surged in August, an indication of rising supply in the near-term.

Municipals remained weaker on Wednesday as the market saw several new issues sell in the primary, led by deals from North and South Carolina.

The Platte County Industrial Development Authority bonds funded upgrades to a suburban shopping center near Kansas City.

The GLWA will sell $400 million of new money and refunding water and sewer revenue bonds next week.

While a somber mood fell over Wall Street as the finance industry reflected on the devastating terrorist attack 17 years ago, the municipal market generated some new supply and cheaper prices.

A $10 billion POB deal would be a tougher sell now that Rahm Emanuel has said he won't seek another term.

Action got underway in the primary market on Tuesday as the competitive arena took center stage.

The state's special commission on pension funding is exploring contributions of real-estate assets to an independently managed trust.

The short-end of the municipal bond market is rich relative to U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, says J.R. Rieger.

States would be barred from starting to require the collection and remittance sales taxes from online vendors located out of state until next year under a bill introduced by two Republicans in the Senate.

Municipal bond buyers are looking ahead to the wide variety of new deals heading their way this week.

Widespread use of the bid-wanted process as a price discovery tool could hurt market integrity, the MSRB believes.

The county has almost $1 billion in outstanding pension obligation bonds.

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $500 million offering tops the week's muni tote board.

Weekly bond volume is forecast to jump to $6.3 billion from a revised total of $2.3 billion this week.

The MSRB is concerned about the fairness of so-called "pre-arranged trading," but some say it's a bit of a grey area.

Municipal bond buyers grabbed deals from New York City and California on Thursday, which were agressively

Dominick Mondi will remain president of the firm's capital markets division.