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New York City has issued a request for information for mobile payment options for the payment and scheduling of parking tickets.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday it will auction $24 billion 91-day bills and $24 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on Jan. 6.

The Motor City paid $170 million in attorney and advisor fees during the largest municipal bankruptcy in the U.S.

The municipal bond market was ending the year on a strong note. On Wednesday, the market has an early close ahead of the full close on Thursday for the New Year's holiday. Full-day trading will resume on Friday.

Pending home sales gained 0.8% to an index reading of 104.8 in November, after a revised 1.2% decrease to 104.0 in October, according to a report released Monday by the National Association of Realtors.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority has scheduled an $80.2 million competitive refunding sale of senior sales tax notes.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer fell to 58.3 in December 60.8 in November, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Wednesday.

Harrisburg, Pa., officials have asked three bidders for a tax and revenue anticipation note to submit "best and final" offers, said city financial coordinator Fred Reddig.

Los Angeles County's emergence from the economic downturn with key credit factors intact was cited by Moody's Investors Service in affirming the county's Aa2 issuer rating and other ratings notched below that, including an A1 rating on a forthcoming $168 million lease revenue bond sale.

Standard & Poor's affirmed Wyoming's AAA issuer credit rating saying that ample reserves outweigh concerns over the state's dependence on revenues from volatile sources such as commodities and oil and natural gas deposits.

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The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority in Washington received a negative outlook from Standard & Poor's on its outstanding "parity" lien obligations, but the authority, known as Sound Transit, retained its AAA rating.

The municipal bond market was quiet on Tuesday on the last full full-trading day of 2014. With the ball set to drop on Wednesday night, one topic on a lot of people's minds is the potential decision by the Fed to increase interest rates in 2015 and how that will impact the market.

Buena Vista, Va., will stop making payments on a golf course bond issue that its officials say has become an albatross around the small city's finances.