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The $1.4 billion seaport revenue refunding bond deal Wells Fargo will price next week will be the largest port transaction since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

A federal judge denied Nuveen's motion to dismiss Preston Hollow's antitrust lawsuit concluding a "plausible" claim exists to proceed. PHC faces a tougher legal road ahead in proving its rival orchestrated a damaging boycott.

Chicago is accepting underwriter qualifications as it updates its investment banking pool; it also delayed the bidding deadline for potential casino developers.

The forthcoming Texas law bans businesses from state contracts if their policies are said to discriminate against the firearms industry.

Kyle Hemminger joined Cain Brothers this month in Columbus, Ohio.

The city has issued a second set of bonds to fund 266 housing units that are the first of some 8,000 planned on adjoining islands in the San Francisco Bay.

The rating agencies affirmed two AA-plus and one triple-A rating ahead of the deal.

Alan Rubin, principal, Blank Rome Government Relations

The Fitch Ratings upgrade applies only to GO debt — the city's issuer default rating remains AA-plus. The GOs benefit from California’s 2016 statutory lien law.

Over the years, Assured Guaranty has been open to guaranteeing in the U.K. and most of Europe, Australia, and New Zealand and through AGM in the U.S. they cover certain transactions within the Latin American region.