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Municipal Market Data's TM3 Web site implemented a number of changes yesterday to cope with a rapidly shifting landscape in municipals.

Investors who own bonds floated by public power utilities are political junkies by necessity, a new report says.

Two large note deals and a handful of long-term financings will come to market this week as part of an estimated $4.69 billion in new volume, according to Ipreo LLC and The Bond Buyer.

The tide of money washing into municipal bond mutual funds picked up again last week, offering hope that mutual funds will continue to provide a pillar of support to municipals.

The municipal bond industry might be catching an early glimpse into what the “new normal” will look like.

Phil Fischer, for decades one of the predominant voices in public finance, is retiring.

The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes declined this week, as gains experienced through Wednesday withstood yesterday’s losses.

For the first time since early October, tax-exempt money market funds generated inflows for the week ending Dec. 7 as total assets rose by $2.59 billion and settled at $408.73 billion for the week ending Dec. 7, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

In raising more cash to placate the rating agencies, Assured Guaranty Ltd. also pleased bondholders.