Investments

ILLINOISFox Valley Park DistrictJan 12, 2009 . . . . . . $27,850,000

MASSACHUSETTSMassachusetts Health and Educational Facilities AuthorityJan 9, 2009 . . . . . . $61,055,000

As the first quarter begins to take shape and the municipal market faces $16.89 billion of 30-day visible supply, a handful of issuers plan to test the primary market with sizable deals amid thriving demand for attractive returns, despite last week's drop in yields.

DALLAS — Cities, school districts, universities, and other issuers in Texas hope to begin clearing a backlog of bonds this week as demand for munis appears to be strengthening.

Investors poured money into municipal bond mutual funds last week for the first time in nearly four months, possibly stanching a bloodletting that began in September.

INDIANABartholomew Consolidated School CorporationJan 9, 2009 . . . . . . $30,468,000

ALABAMABrewton (City)Dec 16, 2008 . . . . . . $10,000,000

Considering he just sold a property he never made a penny off for a price tag in the six figures, Kevin Olson is feeling bittersweet.

UBS Global Asset Management next week hopes to fend off a shareholder revolt seeking to wrest control of a closed-end municipal bond mutual fund from the beleaguered bank.

The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes declined as investors returned to work after the holidays and finished the week to date with four consecutive firmer sessions.

DALLAS - Stephen F. Austin State University will issue $23 million of revenue bonds next week to build a nursing school and expand other buildings on its Nacogdoches, Tex., campus.

Tax-free money market funds rang in 2009 with inflows of $8.23 billion, the highest single-week gain since the massive fourth-quarter outflows spurred by the national economic crisis. As a result, the funds reached $500.05 billion in total assets for the week ending Jan. 5, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

CONNECTICUTConnecticut Regional School District No. 18Jan 8, 2009 . . . . . . $2,645,000

CALIFORNIACalifornia Municipal Finance AuthorityJan 7, 2009 . . . . . . $17,500,000

Pacific Investment Management Co. has unfrozen all but one of the eight dividends on municipal bond mutual funds it was forced to postpone last month.

INDIANALafayette School CorporationJan 7, 2009 . . . . . . $9,900,000

ALABAMASpanish Fort Cooperative District - Highway 181 Public FacilitiesDec 18, 2008 . . . . . . $11,590,000

As the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey gears up for a long-awaited refinancing, questions continue over its billing and financial practices.

WASHINGTON - The Virginia College Building Authority will bring $309 million of revenue bonds to market in a negotiated transaction today to finance about 30 construction projects at nine colleges and universities ranging from sports facilities to parking decks.

ARKANSASAtkins School District No. 18 of Pope CountyJan 6, 2009 . . . . . . $1,210,000