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WATERLOO, Iowa -- The city's plans to borrow $20.9 million next week will be among its largest annual bond issues ever.

Illinois lacks a path to restructure state debt but Puerto Rico's filing heightened chatter.

Area residents who want to purchase bonds for the new Lewiston High School will have the chance starting May 31 -- an offer Lewiston, Idaho, resident Don Lloyd said he intends to take advantage of.

Municipal bonds weakened as deals from Cuyahoga County, Wisconsin, Hawaii, the city of Los Angeles, San Francisco BART and the New York MTA hit the market on Tuesday.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to return to the catastrophe bond market.

An eight-month high in March job openings and a pickup in quits indicate the U.S. labor market continues to tighten, a Labor Department report showed.

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Deals from Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Wisconsin, the city of Los Angeles and the San Francisco BART hit the market in early activity on Tuesday. Municipal bond prices weakened in early trading.

The value of wholesale inventories rose 0.2% in March, a sharp upward adjustment from the 0.1% decline estimated in the advance estimate, while wholesale sales were flat, data released Tuesday by the U.S. Commerce Department showed.

Small business owners showed enthusiasm for current conditions but are worried about the future, according to National Federation of Independent Business' monthly Small Business Optimism index published Tuesday.