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The question of whether Detroit negotiated in good faith with its creditors, or even could, emerged as a central question in the nine-day trial over whether the city is eligible to enter Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
November 11
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Volume will slow this week due to the observance of Veteran's Day as deals from California and New Jersey head to a market that weakened after Friday's stronger-than-expected employment report.
November 10
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reached a financial closing on a $1.5 billion P3 to replace the Goethals Bridge with a cable stayed design bridge.
November 8
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Two bond insurers sued Detroit Friday for defaulting on its general obligation bonds, a challenge that goes to the heart of the city's unprecedented effort to treat its unlimited-tax GO debt as unsecured.
November 8
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An agreement on funding new and renewed transportation infrastructure could be the basis of a bipartisan budget deal, President Barack Obama said Friday at the Port of New Orleans in south Louisiana.
November 8
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Municipal bond mutual fund flows remained solidly in the red for a 24th straight week, with outflows of $738 million.
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Attorneys will present closing arguments Friday in Detroit's court battle to enter Chapter 9 bankruptcy, capping an eight-day trial that centered on whether the city has negotiated in good faith with creditors.
November 7
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The Maryland Transit Administration plans to seek bids soon for a private partner willing to provide up to $900 million of funding for a $2.2 billion light-rail line in the northern suburbs of Washington following Gov. Martin O'Malley's and the state Board of Public Works' unanimous approval of the P3 competitive solicitation process.
November 7
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Municipal managers and strategists, still reeling from Detroit's bankruptcy, the surge in Puerto Rico yields, and a mid-year sell-off that was the worst in a quarter century, are getting their portfolios ready for the next expected hurdle as 2014 approaches another spike in interest rates.
November 7
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Tax-exempt money market funds gained the first inflows in four weeks as $1.80 billion arrived in the week ended Nov. 4 and total net assets settled at $264.58 billion, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
November 7
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Bond insurer Syncora Guarantee Inc. filed an objection to Detroit's effort to repair its broken down streetlight system with the use of the city's utility tax to back bond payments.
November 7
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Detroit late Tuesday asked the federal judge overseeing its bankruptcy case to approve a controversial $350 million debtor-in-possession financing.
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Leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., have appointed six senators to join them on the conference committee that will reconcile two versions of water legislation, one of which contains a public-private partnership pilot program.
November 5
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Joseph J. Roberts, a director of institutional sales at M&T Securities Inc., has decided to step down at the end of 2013 following a 48-year career in the financial markets, mostly in the municipal bond industry.
November 5
