New Orleans board backs millage hike ahead of $40 million bond sale sought for street projects

New Orleans eyes December sale for $40M bond sale

Treasury yields post modest drops as stocks rally, week of auctions comes to a close

Treasury yields slip after auctions as stocks gain

Treasury yields hold steady as stocks rally, week of auctions comes to a close

Treasury yields little changed as stocks rally

ALL BUSINESS: Investors get giddy about stocks but can the rally really last?

ALL BUSINESS: Can the stock market rally last?

US stock futures higher following prior day’s sell-off as government says trade deficit rises

Stock futures slightly higher after trade data

US stock futures signal higher open following prior day’s sell-off, investors await trade data

Stock futures slightly higher ahead of trade data

3 bond rating agencies laud Patrick administration for Mass. budget management stewardship

Bond rating agencies laud Mass. budget management

Moody’s Investors Service upgrades senior unsecured ratings for Wyeth

Moody’s upgrades ratings for Wyeth

NEW YORK — Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the senior unsecured ratings of Wyeth, citing the execution of an outstanding bonds agreement with Wyeth.

Economic worries persist, sending stocks lower; traders draw little comfort from Buffett deal

Stocks slip as Buffett deal brings modest comfort

US stock futures pare losses after Warren Buffett buys Burlington Northern for $34 billion

Stock futures pare losses after Buffett deal

US stock futures fall sharply ahead of report on factory orders, auto sales

US stock futures follow global markets down

Calif. firm, executives charged in municipal bond bid-rigging

Calif. firm, execs charged in bond bid-rigging

Moody’s 3rd-qtr profit slides 11 percent, but firm raises 2009 outlook on strong bond market

Moody’s hikes 2009 view despite 3Q profit decline

Chrysler returns $5.5 million in bonds to Indiana county to settle dispute over aborted plant

Chrysler returns $5.5 million bonds to Ind. county

American Airlines will close Kansas City, Mo., maintenance base and others, cut 700 jobs

American Airlines will close Kansas City base

Louisiana sells $200 million in general obligation bonds for construction projects

La. sells $200M in bonds for building projects

American Airlines will close Kansas City, Mo., maintenance base

American Airlines will close KC base

DALLAS — American Airlines will close a maintenance base in Kansas City, Mo., and shrink other repair shops next September as the slump in travel leaves fewer planes to maintain.

Bond rating agency downgrades Conn. outlook, cites choices made to cover state budget deficit

Bond rating agency downgrades Conn.’s outlook

Tepid forecasts from railroads worry traders as weaker oil hits energy stocks; Dow falls 109

NEW YORK — Investors dumped stocks and locked in profits Friday after the glow of a week full of strong earnings reports faded.

Tepid forecasts from railroads worry investors; Drop in oil hits energy stocks

NEW YORK — Investors dumped stocks and locked in profits Friday after the glow of a week full of strong earnings reports faded.

Decline in Chavez’s popularity reveals concerns about government ineptness in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez’s support has declined in the polls as many Venezuelans say they are fed up with 27 percent inflation, a stagnant economy, faulty public services — and a government they see as incapable of doing much about it.

Agreement lets Massachusetts avoid threatened $71 million Turnpike payout to investor

BOSTON — The state has reached an agreement with UBS Securities that allows it to avoid a $71 million payout from a deal entered into by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority in 2001.

$1.42 trillion federal deficit, with more to come, sows seeds of another economic crisis

WASHINGTON — What is $1.42 trillion?

Stocks barely cling to highest levels of 2009 as lower sales from Johnson & Johnson disappoint

NEW YORK — Investors grew cautious Tuesday after quarterly sales at Johnson & Johnson fell short of expectations and an influential analyst stirred worries that bank shares are overheated.

Stocks trade mixed as J&J posts mixed results; Cisco deal lifts some tech shares

NEW YORK — Stocks are fluctuating following a mixed earnings report from Johnson & Johnson put a damper on hopes that sales were rebounding at big U.S. companies.

California lawmakers, meeting through weekend, fail again to reach deal on water

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers met again Saturday in hopes of reaching a deal to upgrade the state’s decades-old water system, but left without resolving a handful of major outstanding issues.

California governor extends deadline for water deal as lawmakers prepare for weekend of talks

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Saturday planned to resume negotiations on a deal to upgrade the state’s decades-old water system, a day after talks broke up with about a dozen issues yet to be resolved.

Schwarzenegger says he and lawmakers are close to ‘historic breakthrough’ on Calif. water fix

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is optimistic about striking a deal with lawmakers to overhaul the state’s aging water system, potentially heading off his threatened veto of hundreds of bills.

Schwarzenegger threatens to veto ‘a lot’ of bills unless Calif. lawmakers reach water deal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday he will veto hundreds of bills unless lawmakers agree on a comprehensive fix for the state’s aging water system.

Bredesen: US Senate health care reform bill could cost Tenn. $735M over 5 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said Tuesday a health care reform proposal in the U.S. Senate could cost the state more than $730 million.

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