But it is near the bottom in business and tax climate and state bond ratings.
The cash deal is a sign Santander is confident despite the concerns among bond traders about state finances in several European economies, including Spain, Greece and Portugal.
Beijing broke the code over a decade ago concerning the contribution bond offerings by state-owned or operated companies like CITIC could make to expanding China's sources of international borrowing.
But the case commands a great deal of attention because it would transform the country's fixed income markets if the Court determines out-of-state bond holders should get refunds for the interest they've paid on these investments.
The Administration proposes to include as an eligible use for America Fast Forward Bonds issuance for the types of projects and programs that can be financed with qualified PABs, subject to applicable State bond volume caps for the PABs category.
The BBC's sports editor David Bond said the state of the game was brought into sharp focus last year by England's poor showing at the World Cup, followed by the failure of the 2018 World Cup bid and growing concerns over financial inequality and instability.
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And Heather Struck reported on a possible bond rating downgrade for Penn State.
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Since around 2010 or so, the general concern over massive state and local bond defaults has waned.
The risk looks likely to grow as it is shifted from the state to the bond market.
While they yield a little less than a state general obligation bond, they are perceived as having less volatility.
And what does China think of the fiscal state of the U.S. and the precarious state of our bond market?
The parlous state of the bond markets over the past couple of years suggests that lenders have now come up against those limits.
Treat state and local bond interest as taxable.
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Thomas Friedman, a New York Times columnist, argues that, if they want to have a successful foreign policy, presidents need to have a close personal bond with their secretaries of state: witness Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger or George Bush senior and James Baker.
Meredith Whitney received a lot of attention for her Armageddonesque call on the state of the municipal bond market.
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So given our fairly sanguine outlook regarding the state of the municipal bond market, what do I consider the predominant near-term risk?
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So if you invest in a stock fund and then sour on the market, you can't move your money into a bond portfolio offered by the same state plan.
The epicenter of all this finger-pointing: Capitol Hill Thursday, as lawmakers, regulators, and executives gathered to debate how to deal with the crisis gripping the credit markets, particularly the perilous state of the mortgage bond industry.
These include nationalising Cyprus's pension funds, gathering together state assets to support a bond issue, or attracting Russian investment in its offshore gas reserves.
But Democrats were nervous about repaying such a bond out of general taxes in a state careening from one budget deficit to another, whereas Republicans balked at making farmers and water districts pay.
The plant is being built in Posey County, which ranked 33rd in terms of worst-hit Indiana counties but was first in bond dollars spent on projects within the state, with 58% of the total.
Let's understand for a second that -- I don't know what Senator Graham or Senator Bond said in 2005 when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an analogy that if you compared the recidivism rate of detainees at Guantanamo with the U.S. penal system, the detainee rate is less for -- the recidivism rate is less for Guantanamo detainees.
Moreover, he's thus far failed to embrace a bold reform agenda to save money, improve services, and restore confidence among the state's beleaguered taxpayers and bond holders.
The deal, which is expected to be completed early next year, is conditional upon successful completion of a bond offer, European Union approval and Kansas State Commission consent.
On the state level, various of the bond issues backed by revenues from the global tobacco settlement, are trading at from 66 cents to 74 cents on the dollar.
Mr. Nixon said the fund is critical not just for the state to gain a triple-A bond rating, but to also be prepared for higher health-care costs in coming years and to maintain consistent program funding levels.
Romney has little municipal bond interest income, which means he paid more Massachusetts state taxes than others customarily do.
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The German state of Lower Saxony issued its own sukuk bond back in 2004--the first European government to do so.
Christopher "Kit" Bond (R) has drawn a formidable opponent, state Attorney General Jay Nixon (D), who has had a rocky first few months.
When the spread is rising, it is generally a negative for stocks and the precarious state of the 30-year T-bond yields was one of the triple alerts for stocks.
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