Economy

St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance will price up to $856 million through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

The Jacksonville, Florida, municipal utility received 16 bids from buyers wanting to purchase its electric and water systems.

The authority is bringing $950 million of taxable bonds and $1.7 billion of tax-exempts.

Massive borrowing for essential projects in the face of a projected deficit spike is a dilemma as its $51.5 billion capital program undergoes scrutiny.

Moody's Investors Service cut OSF Healthcare System to A3 from A2.

The rating agency upgraded the hospital system to Aa2 from Aa3.

The Florida Department of Transportation filed motions with an appellate court challenging the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority’s lower-court wins.

The Bond Dealers of America is forming an Affiliate Member Division to bring a lobbyist voice to smaller firms.

Miami-Dade County is seeking proposals from firms to build a transit link across Biscayne Bay.

The city's municipal expects $44 million of present-value savings in the $244 million deal to refund 2010 BABs.

The Bourne and Sagamore bridges over the Cape Cod Canal are functionally obsolete, according to their owner, the Army Corps of Engineers.

The city is asking private operators interested in leasing Lambert Airport to submit their qualifications, a move likely to lead in to a bidding process.

Judge John Cooper’s decision could set the stage for an appeal in the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority’s litigation.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comment on exemptive relief for municipal advisors in some activities in private placement deals, eliciting fierce resistance from broker-dealer groups.

Siebert Williams Shank & Co. will leverage each minority- and women-owned firm’s experience and industry positions.

Slower-than-expected services sector growth and weakness in orders and employment "almost assure that the Fed cuts rates later this month."

Bankrupt investor-owned utility PG&E was a factor in many of the bills approved to deal with the state's wildfire risk.

Recession concerns remain muted, even though manufacturing hit a 40-month low and businesses have turned "more cautious" in their hiring.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority previously sanctioned UBS in 2015 for similar violations.

The $125 million deal is the first piece of a five-year plan to sell $1.3 billion of Garvees.