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Nearly insolvent North Las Vegas is facing the same four factors that contributed to the financial distress of Harrisburg, Stockton and Detroit, according to a recent report from Fitch Ratings.
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Like it or not, getting wealthy individuals to move to the Island in order to avoid U.S. taxes appears now to be a cornerstone of Puerto Rico's growth drive and is characteristic of the country's eternal search for a quick and painless way to grow.
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Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.025% high rate, up from 0.020% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.045% high rate, unchanged from 0.045% the week before.
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The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $35 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
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Strategists are expecting the intermediate part of the curve to be attractive for the rest of the second quarter.
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Madison-based University of Wisconsin Health and Illinois-based SwedishAmerican Health System announced plans to merge.
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Cost overruns at the overdue South Terminal at Denver International Airport pose "significant budget risk," according to Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher.
May 5 - Texas
Texas voters will consider approving $6.7 billion of bond issues in 83 local elections May 10, with most of the money going to schools.
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The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) gained to 118.00 in April from an upwardly revised 117.77 in March, and is up 5.1% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.
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The U.S. services sector expanded at a faster pace in April as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 55.2 in the month, compared to 53.1 in March, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.
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Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Monday ISM Non Mfg Index March: 53.1 April: 54.1 Tuesday International Trade Feb.: -$42.3B March: -$40.4B Wednesday Productivity Q4: +1.8% Q1: -1.0% Wednesday Unit Labor Costs Q4: -0.1% Q1: +2.5% Wednesday Consumer Credit Feb.: +$16.5B March: +$15.5B Thursday Initial Claims 4/26: 344,000 5/3: 325,000 Thursday Continuing Claims 4/19: 2.771M 4/26: 2.765M Friday Wholesale Inventories Feb.: +0.5% March: +0.5% Friday Wholesale Sales Feb.: +0.7% March: +0.9%
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May. 5, 2014 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA/AA 0.2 1.39 2.57 3.74 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.13 1.23 2.28 3.43 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.16 1.35 2.49 3.64 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.15 1.24 2.29 3.44 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.16 1.32 2.45 3.65 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.15 1.28 2.36 3.54 New Jersey Aa3/AA?/AA+ 0.2 1.44 2.63 3.79 New York Aa2/AA/AA 0.15 1.29 2.36 3.6 Pennsylvania Aa2/AA/AA 0.18 1.35 2.54 3.67 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.19 1.45 2.62 3.82 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.15 1.29 2.35 3.49 Dist. of Columbia Aa2/A+/AA+ 0.17 1.37 2.52 3.68 Puerto Rico Baa3/BB+/BBB- 7.95 8.69 8.89 7.99
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5/2/2014 4/25/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 8 $169,810 1 $6,915 $162,895 Delaware 1 113,260 0 0 113,260 Maine 3 74,180 4 34,376 39,804 Maryland 4 36,945 3 135,600 -98,655 Massachusetts 5 189,578 4 45,373 144,205 New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 12 480,947 7 206,235 274,712 New York 6 35,426 8 122,270 -86,844 Pennsylvania 8 98,355 13 1,047,690 -949,335 Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 1 50,000 0 0 50,000 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0
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A $450 million Illinois toll road financing, and a $255 million note deal for a New Jersey stadium project will do little to resuscitate the new-issue market this week as volume is expected to fall by more than one third from last week's total.
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