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JPMorgan and Charles Schwab have extended an agreement to provide Schwab's clients with access to municipal bonds issued by JPMorgan.
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Analysts are divided on whether Puerto Rico's unusually frank disclosures before its $3 billion bond issue scheduled for Tuesday will help or hurt the sale.
March 7 -
Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., wants an additional $4 billion of tax-exempt private activity bonds available for transportation projects.
March 7
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Hedge funds and cross-over investors are expected to devour Puerto Rico's junk-rated sale of general obligation bonds when the $3 billion deal thunders into the primary market, municipal observers said.
March 7
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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes pushed back by one month a trial date on the city's plan of debt adjustment after bond insurers and other creditors asked for more time to respond to the controversial plan.
March 7
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Municipal mutual funds reported inflows slowed to $99.48 million in the week ended March 5 from $247 million of inflows the week before. Assets of all weekly reporting municipal funds increased to $281.69 billion, up from $280.11 billion, Lipper FMI reported.
March 6 -
Bond Buyer indexes showed weakening in the week ending Feb. 27.
March 6 -
Detroit in a court filing Thursday said it has reached agreement with Barclays Inc. for a $120 million debtor-in-possession financing.
March 6
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Some muni strategists are saying investors should look to intermediate and longer term bonds to mitigate interest rate risk, as rising prices for short-term bonds begin to outweigh the protection their maturities offer.
March 6 -
Public transit advocates push for $100 billion of federal funding for mass transit over six years in the new surface transportation spending law.
March 6
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The total net assets of weekly reporting tax-exempt money market funds slipped to $268.64 billion after outflows of $683.2 million in the week ended March 3, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
March 6
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Detroit Wednesday asked the bankruptcy court to set a March 20 date for a hearing on its latest settlement with its interest-rate swap counterparties, calling it key to the city's overall plan of debt adjustment.
March 6
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President Obama will ask Congress in his fiscal 2015 budget proposal for $2.5 billion in transit grants for 26 projects in 16 states.
March 5
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Democrats and Republicans could find common ground on business tax reform and infrastructure investment, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday.
March 5
