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First Winston Securities, Alton Securities Group, and MidAmerica Financial Services were ordered to pay a total of $115,000 in fines and restitution by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for violation of municipal securities rules.

Ohio-based Kettering Health Network won an upgrade from Standard & Poor’s ahead of its upcoming $90 million sale.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health had its outlook revised to negative from stable by Standard & Poor's, which cited a decline in financial performance.

Atlantic City averted a shutdown of its schools with a $4.25 million payment made Thursday.

Municipal bond traders were winding up their week on Friday, after seeing a hefty new issue calendar, and have turned their attention toward next week’s estimated $7.2 billion calendar.

Outside-the-box approaches to New York's regional transportation woes still beg the question of funding.

Despite increased issuance, senior living outperformed comparable bonds in 2015, a trend that is likely to continue.

Municipal bond traders were winding up their week on Friday, after seeing a hefty new issue calendar come to market.

The University of Michigan's preliminary April consumer sentiment index reading was 89.7, compared to the final March 91.0, and the preliminary March 90.0, according to market sources.

Industrial production fell 0.6% in March, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "business activity expanded for New York manufacturers," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Friday, as the general business conditions index improved to 9.56 in April from 0.62 in March.

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For the 28th week in a row, municipal bond funds reported inflows, according to Lipper data released Thursday.

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Ascension Health Alliance, the nation's largest not-for-profit healthcare system, plans to sell about $1.9 billion of debt over the next month.