Topic: Local Budgets

AP News | 2010-01-26 18:16:38
NYC State of City
AP News | 2009-11-05 02:29:37
JPMorgan settles SEC 'pay-to-play' charges in Ala.; pays $75M fines & forfeits $647M in fees

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $75 million in fines and forfeit $647 million in fees to settle federal regulators' charges that it made unlawful payments to friends of public officials to win municipal bond business in Jefferson County, Ala. The Securities and ...

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Reuters US Online Report Domestic News | 2009-09-01 18:41:47

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia will take out a $275 million short-term loan from JPMorgan Chase to pay vendors that have gone without compensation since July because of one of the worst budget crises in nearly 50 years, Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter said on Tuesday. The privately placed loan has an interest rate of 3 percent until December 1 when the rate ...

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BusinessWeek | 2009-08-27 16:02:06

Yields on tax-exempt bonds maturing in less than 10 years fell to a six-year low during the week of Aug. 16. With 30-year municipal bonds offering yields near 5% -- an astonishing four percentage points higher than two-year muni bonds -- yield-hungry municipal bond investors are shifting money into riskier, longer-term municipal bonds, according to Municipal Market Advisors, which publishes a newsletter ...

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Mobile to buy fire trucks with stimulus funds help

NBC 12 Montgomery (WSFA) | 2010-02-10 07:42:23

Critics pan Boston panic buttons

Boston Herald | 2010-02-10 06:23:57

Taxed on taxes

Calgary Herald | 2010-02-10 05:49:10

Protecting Yourself From the Big Deficit with ETFs

SeekingAlpha | 2010-02-10 05:10:26

City's budget `chasm'

Toronto Star | 2010-02-10 04:49:52

Toronto needs a budget that speaks to its citizens

Toronto Star | 2010-02-10 04:49:51

Pared Labor Union Moves Uptown; Option to Buy New 45th Street HQ

NY Observer - The Media Mob | 2010-02-09 08:48:22

David Sirota doesn't hate Colorado Springs -- just its politics

Westword: The Latest Word | 2010-02-08 15:20:54

Colton California Considers Disbanding Fire Department

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis | 2010-02-08 00:51:51

Los Angeles City Council Saves Arts Funding

ArtsJournal | 2010-02-05 09:42:34

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