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President Obama pressed Congress to quickly increase spending on transportation infrastructure in a speech Wednesday at a bridge project work site.
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Issuers and underwriters might consider comprehensive reviews of all their deals stretching back a decade to determine if they might have disclosure failures worth voluntarily reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission, securities law experts said Wednesday.
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- North Carolina
As a union in North Carolina presses for an SEC inquiry into investment practices, State Treasurer Janet Cowell seeks legislative reforms of the pension system.
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State pension plans continue to face challenges despite the fact that their funded ratios are stabilizing, Fitch Ratings said in a report issued Wednesday.
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An Illinois state court judge on Wednesday agreed to temporarily halt the June 1 effective date of state pension overhaul legislation passed last December.
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- Arizona
Arizona may need another two years to fully recover from the recession of 2008, according to economists at Arizona State University.
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Trading on bonds from the commonwealth of Puerto Rico plummeted, as yields from its March $3.5 billion general obligation issuance rose to levels seen in April.
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Identical bills recently introduced in the House and the Senate would create a federal "Green Bank" that would be capitalized by bonds issued by the Treasury Department and would provide loans and other types of financing support for clean-energy and energy-efficiency projects.
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Market participants are waiting for the $450 million Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority bonds expected to price Wednesday.
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Businesses expect inflation to reach 1.9% in the next 12 months, unchanged from forecasts in April, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's most recent business inflation expectations survey for May.
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Debate among Rhode Island politicians percolates over payment of 38 Studios debt, and a consulting firm hired to explore the fallout of nonpayment in the bond market warned of negative snowballing should the state not pay.
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The draft transportation bill released by a key Senate committee falls far short of funding needs by proposing only $242.4 billion for road projects over six years, administration officials and highway industry experts are warning.
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The Plano City Council has approved the largest incentive package in the city's history for the North American headquarters of Toyota Motor Co.
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- Texas
Virgin America will move Dallas flights to Love Field from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
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Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual Import Prices March: +0.4% April: +0.3% April: -0.4% Retail Sales March: +1.5% April: +0.4% April: +0.1% ex-Autos March: +1.0% April: +0.6% April: unch Business Inventories Feb.: +0.5% March: +0.4% March: +0.4%
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May. 14, 2014 Midwest: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Illinois A3/A+/A+ 0.35 2.02 3.32 4.45 Indiana Aaa/AAA/AA+ 0.15 1.28 2.39 3.48 Iowa Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 1.29 2.38 3.47 Michigan Aa2/AA/AA 0.2 1.43 2.57 3.69 Minnesota Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.15 1.25 2.33 3.38 Missouri Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 1.22 2.26 3.35 Nebraska NR/AAA/AA+ 0.17 1.34 2.47 3.55 North Dakota Aa1/AA+/NR 0.16 1.32 2.44 3.53 Ohio Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.16 1.33 2.44 3.56 South Dakota NR/AA+/NR 0.16 1.33 2.48 3.58 Wisconsin Aa2/AA/AA 0.16 1.32 2.46 3.57
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5/13/2014 5/6/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000s) Illinois 6 $29,795 7 $502,220 -$472,425 Indiana 8 61,007 8 44,095 16,912 Iowa 13 114,225 8 146,155 -31,930 Michigan 9 72,800 4 42,085 30,715 Minnesota 19 63,825 18 130,620 -66,795 Missouri 7 360,150 7 409,675 -49,525 Nebraska 0 0 1 9,500 -9,500 North Dakota 3 83,000 3 36,600 46,400 Ohio 4 166,100 6 274,275 -108,175 South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin 18 84,675 17 183,760 -99,085
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