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The sentencing of municipal bond bid-rigger David Rubin has been postponed to 3:30 p.m. March 12.
March 7 - New York
New York City priced $950 million of general obligation bonds on March 5, and expects to price $100 million of tax-exempt variable-rate demand bonds later in March.
March 6 -
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Yeshiva University further into speculative territory Wednesday, dropping the school to B3 from B1.
March 6 -
Harrisburg University, in Pennsylvania's distressed capital, missed a $1.8 million bond payment on revenue bonds, according to a securities filing.
March 5 -
New York's MTA made a formal request for a second federal presidential emergency board to help Long Island Rail Road reach an agreement with eight of its unions.
March 5 -
The sentencing of CDR Financial Products founder David Rubin for his role in muni bond bid-rigging has been postponed from Thursday to 11 a.m. Friday in New York.
March 5 - New York
New York City should have at least a blueprint for settling expired labor contracts by the end of the fiscal year, city Comptroller Scott Stringer told a City Council committee.
March 5 - Massachusetts
Standard & Poor's, citing its local GO criteria, raised its rating on Boston's general obligation bonds to AAA from AA-plus,
March 5 -
The full Massachusetts Senate on Thursday is expected to debate a five-year transportation borrowing bill that has risen to $13.2 billion.
March 5 -
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced $100 million in renovations to Boston's Logan Airport, to be funded through Massport's capital plan.
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