Those who read the tea leaves in the Chinese press think Kandi is very close to announcing a deal to sell 20, 000 or 100, 000 of their electric mini-cars to a municipal rental program, and the option holders almost certainly know that.

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Detroit News columnist Daniel Howes and I discussed what a municipal bankruptcy would mean on the Michigan Radio program Stateside this week.

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Two are university programs, like AguaClara, a research program at Cornell University that produces municipal water treatment technology which relies on gravity rather than electricity.

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Chowchilla already has axed more that one-third of the municipal payroll while cutting such services as a swimming program.

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Powershares Build America Bond Porfolio ETF ( BAB) normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in taxable municipal securities eligible to participate in the Build America Bond program created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or other legislation providing for the issuance of taxable municipal securities on which the issuer receives federal support of the interest paid.

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