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The Jackson Hospital & Clinic in Montgomery, Alabama, has named a chief restructuring officer in the aftermath of a bond payment default. Allen Wilen, partner at Eisner Advisory Group, will be the chief restructuring officer bond trustee UMB Bank, N.A., announced Thursday after the hospital failed to make a bond payment Tuesday. UMB believes there
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The judge overseeing the bankruptcy for Puerto Rico’s government-owned electric utility continued a pause on litigation related to the case as the power provider and its creditors negotiate a possible debt-cutting deal.  U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain extended for an additional 30 days the litigation stay through Oct. 8 and ordered the parties
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The employment report did not settle the 25 or 50 basis point rate cut argument, economists said, as it offered a mixed bag, with lower-than-expected jobs added and downward revisions to previous months’ numbers, while earnings grew and the unemployment rate dipped. Nonfarm payrolls rose 142,000 in August, less than the 165,000 expected, while the
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Siebert Williams Shank has brought on Lori Ciraolo to further strengthen its taxable fixed-income team. Ciraolo, who spent more than 17 years at Goldman Sachs, has been hired as a senior vice president in corporate and municipal short-term securities to help expand SWS’ taxable muni franchise through commercial paper trading. “It’s a hybrid role between
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the Federal Reserve should deliver a half-point interest rate cut at its forthcoming meeting, accusing the U.S. central bank of going “too far, too fast” with monetary policy tightening and making the inflation problem worse. His comments come ahead of Friday’s pivotal release of U.S. jobs data, with investors
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Municipals were slightly firmer Thursday amid another busy day in the primary market, which saw a $1.1 billion deal from the North Texas Tollway Authority price and $850 million of general obligation bonds from Massachusetts sold in the competitive market. U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities were mixed. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Thursday was at
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One third of bridges in the U.S. need to be repaired or replaced. But federal infrastructure dollars are helping states chip away at that number, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s latest annual bridge report. “‘Slow and steady’ describes ongoing state efforts to reduce the number of bridges in poor condition (“structurally
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Close-up and side view of classic Georgian buildings in London, England, UK.  Colors Hunter – Chasseur De Couleurs | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — London landlords are selling up their buy-to-let properties at record rates as anticipated tax hikes from the U.K. Labour government add further pressure to the once lucrative investment sector. Almost
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South Dakota voters will determine the fate of Initiated Measure 28, which would eliminate the state sales tax on groceries. Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Utah, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia have eliminated or reduced this tax, according to the Urban Institute Tax Policy Center.  “Grocery taxes are regarded as a regressive form of taxes, and cutting
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Municipals were slightly firmer as inflows into muni mutual funds topped $1 billion for the second consecutive week. U.S. Treasuries rallied and equities ended mixed. Muni yields were bumped one to three basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields fell seven to 13 basis points, pushing two-, three-, five- and 10-year UST yields
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