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Friday, February 14 Issuer St Description Amount

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Bond Buyer indexes finished the second week of February largely unchanged.

Barely investment grade Burlington, Vt. has reached a preliminary agreement with Citibank to settle a dispute concerning Burlington Telecom.

Miami-Dade County's repeal of employee healthcare contributions is a credit negative for Florida's largest county, Moody's Investors Service said Feb. 13.

Michigan Budget Director John Nixon is leaving the state.

Traders in the municipal bond market were left with few options on Thursday as a winter snowstorm across the northeast kept trading activity slow. Market participants expressed frustration with a lack of new bonds, as visible supply reached a new low this year.

The House and Senate have passed legislation that extends the cuts to subsidy payments for Build America Bonds and other direct-pay bonds by an additional year.

Voters in Arizona's Maricopa County may be asked in November to approve a $935 million bond proposal to revamp the county's public hospital system.

Moody's Investors Service said it has downgraded to A2 the city of Giddings, Texas's general obligation limited tax bonds.

The on-again, off-again Rhode Island pension lawsuit settlement announcement is on again, according to a federal mediation agency.The on-again, off-again Rhode Island pension lawsuit settlement announcement is on again, according to a federal mediation agency.

Conservative financial structure of grant anticipation revenue bonds will buffer their credit ratings if federal highway funds drop in fiscal 2015, Standard & Poor's predicts.

Minneapolis priced $60 million of taxable general obligation bonds for its contribution to a financing package for the Downtown East development project adjacent to the new Minnesota Vikings stadium.

Loretta J. Mester has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, effective June 1.

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley unveiled a plan for the municipal parking system that would keep the asset under city control as an alternative to a controversial proposal to lease it to the local port authority for an upfront cash payment.

Four consortiums whose members include top firms in the public-private partnership industry compete for Florida’s $2.4 billion “I-4 Ultimate Project.”

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $16 billion of 30-year bonds with a 3 5/8% coupon at a 3.690% high yield, a price of 98.826296.