A loan agreement signed by Puerto Rico's governor ended a two-week partial shutdown of the island's government and will enable the government to renew...
Loan Ends Government Shutdown in Puerto Rico
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Muni Bonds News and Perspectives
Below are bond market commentaries, strategies and analyses written by our municipal bond specialists. They are listed by date.
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Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis Causes Government Shutdown
For now, debt service payments by Puerto Rico's governmental agencies are not at risk, even though the Commonwealth faces a shutdown of governmental services....
Social Security and Muni Bonds
We frequently discuss the media's many misperceptions about municipal bonds. Whether on high profile, national financial television shows or in local...
Florida Axes Intangibles Tax
Several years after they began chipping away at the state Intangibles Tax, Florida lawmakers this week voted overwhelmingly to repeal it. The tax affects...
Top Tobacco Companies Make Full MSA Payments
R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard have paid their full share due under the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) this year, bringing the total combined payments of the...
PM Pays its Share of Master Settlement Agreement
Philip Morris, the largest company involved in the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), made its full 2006 payment of $3.4 billion last week. With a 50% market...
Arbitrator Sides with Tobacco Companies in MSA Dispute
A final report issued by an arbitrator yesterday upheld the claim of major cigarette manufacturers that the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was instrumental...
Ray of Sunshine in Florida : Intangible Tax on the Ropes
Florida lawmakers are in the process of making 2007 a happy new year for Florida investors holding out-of-state bonds. A bill to repeal the Intangible Tax,...
Individual Investors Hold Record Amount of Munis
Individual investors continued aggressively buying tax-free municipal bonds in 2005, according to the Federal Reserve Board's quarterly "Flow of Funds" data....
Look Who Else Likes Munis
Where does Suze Orman, the high profile "financial freedom" counselor, invest her own money? According to a recent newspaper article, Ms. Orman finds...
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