Maryland

WASHINGTON — Montgomery County, Md., expects today to competitively sell $397 million of refunding and new-money bonds in its largest deal ever. The sale could include the triple-A county’s first issuance of Build America Bonds.

WASHINGTON — Triple-A rated ­Baltimore County expects to competitively sell $262 million of general obligation bonds tomorrow, including the largest amount of recovery zone economic development bonds sold by any issuer to date.

Erickson Retirement Communities, developer of 19 continuing-care retirement communities throughout the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas.

WASHINGTON — Maryland plans to competitively sell $803 million of general obligation bonds on Wednesday, the state’s biggest transaction ever. Investors are expected to snap up the bonds even as large deals in other states were delayed last week amid rising municipal yields.