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Bloomberg: Federal tax exemption for municipal bonds increasingly in the spotlight

WSJ: October tops yearly municipal bond sales with $34 billion

Bond Buyer: Markit joins the horse race to provide municipal bond pricing

Boston.com: An article on pension reform which does not identify the state it’s happening in

today’s the day harrisburg: Brilliant round-up of national news coverage of Harrisburg bankruptcy drama

Bond Buyer: The sugar mess in Missouri gets messier

@Twitter Talk

@Newyorkist Newyorkist   Associated Press: Poorest poor in U.S. hits new record: 1 in 15 people: sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl…

@nationaljournal National Journal   House Committee plan a bill that will reduce the federal workforce through attrition   njour.nl/tx8qce

@cate_long Cate Long   Loop Capital’s Reynolds “the ‘people’ own the public assets not the mayor or council… these deals must be done very thoughtfully”
@cate_long Cate Long   Bloomberg’s Winkler “what is the difference between Jefferson County, Al and Greece?”

@GreeneBarrett Barrett and Greene   Another gr8 resource to follow Ballot Measures in the 50 states = the NCSL Prop*50 blog  ncsl.typepad.com/prop50/

@RichSaskal_BB Rich Saskal   Moberly, Mo. tells bondholders to get stuffed. Why on Earth did they put city pledge behind Chinese sucralose factory?  bondbuyer.com/issues/120_212…

@MikeStanton1891 Mike Stanton   Is it true that “Many US states and cities start their fiscal years in October”?WSJ: States Step Up Bond Sales   on.wsj.com/tcCApK

@greavespg Paul Greaves   @MikeStanton1891 that does not sound right. A lot start on July 1 (cities/school districts), Jan 1 (counties) then others on Oct 1, Apr 1

@corpsecmag Corporate Secretary  Busted: SEC leaves FINRA with a black eye: bit.ly/tOL4Vi

@Markit Markit    See @TheBondBuyer – changes in muni market demand more science than art in muni pricing  @PatrickMcGee_BB story:   bit.ly/sEFxp8