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Hawaii Sen. Brian Ige defeats Incumbent Gov. Neil Abercrombie in Saturday primary election.

Halifax Hospital Medical Center in Florida will pay $11.9 million on top of $85 million to settle claims made by the federal government and a whistleblower.

The California Economic Summit is urging state lawmakers to enact a new law that would give local governments broader authority in creating infrastructure financing districts.

Armed with an upward revision from Moody's Investors Service, New Haven, Conn., plans sell $90.2 million of general obligation bonds.

The city of New York's $900 million of tax-exempt fixed-rate general obligation refunding bonds, the largest deal in the negotiated market this week, entered the first day of its retail order period on Monday.

With higher education issuance set to jump, analysts are pondering whether the higher yields on the credits are worth the risk.

Texas emerged as the top state in bond volume in the first half of 2014 as issuance across the Southwest rose 1.9% compared to the same time last year, data from Thomson Reuters shows.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the state of Kansas with violating federal securities laws by failing to disclose in bond documents that the state's pension system was significantly underfunded, creating a repayment risk for investors.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.030% high rate, up from 0.025% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.050% high rate, unchanged from 0.050% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $50 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Six major Wisconsin health care systems are forming a partnership aimed at lowering costs and improving care.

The Empire State will have a large role in this week's negotiated calendar, with New York City and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bringing the two largest deals scheduled.

Aug. 11, 2014 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA/AA 0.14 1.34 2.47 3.51 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.1 1.19 2.18 3.22 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.12 1.26 2.3 3.35 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.11 1.2 2.19 3.23 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.12 1.24 2.3 3.41 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.11 1.25 2.29 3.33 New Jersey Aa3/AA+/AA+ 0.21 1.53 2.58 3.63 New York Aa2/AA/AA 0.11 1.23 2.26 3.39 Pennsylvania Aa2/AA/AA 0.12 1.37 2.48 3.5 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.15 1.42 2.53 3.62 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.11 1.25 2.25 3.28 Dist. of Columbia Aa2/A+/AA+ 0.13 1.33 2.43 3.51 Puerto Rico Baa3/BB+/BBB- 8.31 9.45 8.49 7.43

8/8/2014 8/1/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 6 $205,900 7 $699,725 -$493,825 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 Maine 1 26,850 1 2,442 24,408 Maryland 3 52,450 1 3,700 48,750 Massachusetts 2 25,765 2 51,250 -25,485 New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 5 251,165 6 232,618 18,547 New York 25 1,959,667 19 407,440 1,552,227 Pennsylvania 9 254,730 4 81,755 172,975 Rhode Island 1 8,400 1 593,655 -585,255 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0

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Monday, August 11 Issuer St Description Amount

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Week Of August 11 Issuer St Description Amount

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