Indiana Offers $61M to Boost Post-Tragedy State Fair
Byline: Caitlin Devitt CHICAGO a Indiana this week comes to market with $61 million of revenue bonds that feature a first-time state appropriation pledge for the Indiana State Fair Commission as it...
View ArticleIllinois' Sherman Health Signs LOI to Join Advocate
Byline: Yvette Shields CHICAGO a Elgin-based Sherman Health System has signed a letter of intent to join Illinoisa largest nonprofit health care system, Oak Brook-based Advocate Health Care. aSherman...
View ArticleMarket Close: Accelerated and Aggressive Pricing Push Muni Yields Lower
Byline: James Ramage The municipal market firmed up Tuesday as investors cottoned to the weekas new deals. Two of the weekas larger negotiated deals were accelerated by a day. And the weekas largest...
View Article-Head of Central Bank of Poland Hopeful That Eastern European Members Would...
Global Banking News-October 24, 2012--Head of central bank of Poland hopeful that Eastern European members would strengthen euro(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News -...
View ArticleAtwater Cuts in Effort to Dodge Ch. 9
Byline: Randall Jensen SAN FRANCISCO a The struggling city of Atwater, Calif. continued working to avoid bankruptcy this week when its city council unanimously adopted a financial plan that would add...
View ArticleFitch Affirms AA Rating on Ohio Turnpike
Byline: Caitlin Devitt Fitch Ratings has affirmed its AA rating and stable outlook on the Ohio Turnpike Commission ahead of an expected announcement by Gov. John Kasich of his plans to privatize the...
View ArticleSt. Clair County Schools Dinged for Struggles
Byline: Yvette Shields Standard & Pooras revised its outlook to negative from stable on Clair County Community Unit School District No. 196as A rating. The rating review comes ahead of the Illinois...
View ArticleNow Business Tax Cut Hits the Wall
Byline: Katie Walsh and Gemma Daley Oct 24, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Government's business tax working group has failed to agree on a way to cut the 30...
View ArticleQBE Still Faces Risks in the US
Byline: Ruth Liew Oct 24, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- QBE Insurance Group's North American operations are performing well but face some risks. CFO Neil Drabsch said that...
View Article-US Bank Offers Customers V.me Digital Wallet
Global Banking News-October 24, 2012--US Bank offers customers V.me digital wallet(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 24 October 2012 V.me, a digital wallet service...
View Article-AIA Submits Comments on Proposed Regulatory Rules
Global Banking News-October 24, 2012--AIA submits comments on proposed regulatory rules(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 24 October 2012 The American Insurance...
View Article-TD Bank to Buy Target's Credit Card Portfolio
Global Banking News-October 24, 2012--TD Bank to buy Target's credit card portfolio(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 24 October 2012 The Toronto-Dominion Bank...
View ArticlePrime Industrial Space Becomes Rare
Byline: Rebecca Thistleton Oct 24, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A shortage of prime industrial space has prompted a rise in speculative development in eastern Australia....
View ArticleCiti Board Fight Signals Rise of the Activist Chairman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the summer of 2011, Yahoo Inc.'s board decided enough was enough. Directors had seen the Internet giant's stock languish, and the answers they got from Carol Bartz, chief...
View ArticleGupta Awaits Sentence in Insider Case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sentencing on Wednesday [Oct. 24] of fallen Wall Street titanfor insider trading could come down to whether a judge agrees that his lifetime of charity counts against sending...
View ArticleTeam Puts Its Trust in Trolleys
Byline: Ben Wilmot Oct 24, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- SCA Property Group's interim CEO, Anthony Mellowes, will use his previous experience as a Woolworths executive to...
View ArticleMarkit Adapts CDS Indices as Ban Approaches
LONDON (IFR) - Markit will omit countries subject to a European Union ban on "naked" sovereign credit default swap as it overhauls its CEEMEA SovX index on Nov. 1 - the very day the ban is set to come...
View ArticleNoble Oil Desk Says Goodbye to 'King of NY Harbor'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Commodity trading house Noble's global head of oil trading, dubbed the "King of New York Harbor" for his skill in playing the U.S. fuel market, has stepped aside from his role,...
View ArticleMarket Post: Munis Still Dominated by the Primary
Byline: James Ramage Lacking powerful drivers, a range-bound municipal market continues to focus on the coming supply, leaving the secondary market in a sleepy state. Market dynamics have remained...
View ArticleReport: New York Residents Shoulder Highest Tax Burden
Byline: Jennifer DePaul WASHINGTONA a New York residents shouldered the highest state and local tax burden, at 12.8% in fiscal 2010, according to a new study. By contrast, Alaska residents, who have...
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