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Donovan Pyle is the CEO of Health Compass Consulting and the chairman of the Validation Institute's Certified Health Value Professional (CHVP) advisory board.

Joe LaMantia III is a partner at L&F Distributors, a beer distribution company that services 35 counties throughout Texas and southeastern New Mexico, employing more than 1,200 people.

Calvin Ayre is the founder of the Ayre Group, a venture capital firm focused on emerging technologies.

Venkat Malladi is co-founder and CTO of Vymo, where he leads the development of next generation distribution management systems for financial institutions. Prior to founding Vymo, he was part of the Google Mobile team, where he developed multiple products based on location and maps.

At Vymo, he oversees product, engineering and design teams. He is passionate about using mobile, data and design led technologies to help solve problems related to productivity, information access and decision making. He regularly shares insights and learnings on building enterprise-grade products with a focus on end-user experience. Outside of work, he enjoys reading, cooking, philosophy, and cricket. He can be reached at venkat@getvymo.com.

Munis "continued their slide" last week as yields rose an average of 23 basis points across the curve as the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell signaled the Fed will take a "more cautious approach" on interest rate cuts next year, said Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities.

Dan Homes is a fraud and identity expert at Feedzai.

S&P Global Ratings downgraded San Francisco's debt a notch to AA-plus from AAA citing weakened economic trends and deficit spending. Moody's Ratings lowered it's rating a notch to Aa1 in October.

Tiffany Seawright is the director of leadership and civic engagement at North Carolina A&T State University.

The ratings agency cited strong and growing activity and favorable economic trends in the region.

The finally approved continuing resolution steers around the debate to raise the debt ceiling while funding repairs to the toll-supported Key Bridge in Baltimore, reimbursing DC for inauguration costs and transferring the RFK stadium site.

Moody's upgraded Minneapolis to Aaa. The outlook is stable, reflecting an expectation that a strong financial profile will help absorb cost pressures.

The Chicago Board of Education unanimously approved the firing of Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez late Friday during a heated special meeting.

The budgeting constraints transformed the state's finances and bond ratings. But critics say the policy's downsides include the stifling of needed investments. 

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Antoni Tzavelas is the chief happiness officer at Smiling Bowtie.

Municipals are seeing losses of 1.82% in December, which has dragged down overall gains to just 0.68% for 2024, per the Bloomberg Municipal Index.

Silver Point says it has done nothing wrong, and has retained prominent legal figures for its defense.

The bank's termination of its membership in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance ended a state review that could have led to a ban for governmental contracts.