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		<title><![CDATA[Higher Yield, Safe Returns: Best Investment Bets]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Our first question comes from Jeff Fenwick of Cormark Securities. Prem Watsa Good morning Jeff. Jeff Fenwick - Cormark Securities Good morning. I just wanted to ask you about your P&C operations, as you stated you try to be more conservative in the way that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:37:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MBIA Spins Off Muni Business: Any Impact For Bond Investors?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=955951]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the major stories of 2008 in the muni bond world was the demise of the monoline bond insurers, including the rating downgrades of most of the major players, including AMBAC, FGIC and MBIA. All carried AAA bond ratings, but had their ratings downgraded due to exposure to mortgage-backed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are California State Muni Bonds Secure?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=923897]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently, California's General Obligation Unlimited Tax (GO/UTX) bonds carry an A+ bond rating from Standard & Poor's, A1 from Moody's and A+ from Fitch. All have been under review for potential downgrades but are still strong investment-grade ratings. Historically, defaults on municipal bonds - particularly those issued by state and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Annual Earnings Report for the Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2007]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: DSM) reported the following financial information for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2007, compared with the results for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2006:]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.  Releases Fund Statistics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The following information for Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: DSM) is as of December 31, 2007 except as otherwise noted, and is subject to change at any time. All percentages are based on total net assets except as otherwise noted.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Morgan Keegan is Again Top Ranked Municipal Bond Underwriter in Six-State Region That Includes Arkansas]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. was the leading underwriter in 2007 of municipal bond issues in the South Central Region of the United States, a six-state area that includes Arkansas, according to Thomson Financial, one of the nation's leading municipal bond information services.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Which Bond Is Better?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=359783]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This calculator compares rates of return, before and after taxes, for two bond investments. User can select a Treasury security, corporate bond or municipal bond. Treasury securities are exempt from state income taxes. Municipal bonds are exempt from federal income taxes. In some cases, muni bonds are also exempt from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NASD's $1.4M State Street fine is its biggest for bond trading.(Short Interests)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Bruce Kelly       NEW YORK - Regulators are continuing to wade into the opaque bond  market.       NASD last Tuesday tagged a broker-dealer with its largest fine ever  for fixed-income trade-reporting violations.     ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Muni Bond Update: Improved Finances Drive Strong Quarter]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=148016]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This report reviews and provides in-depth update on the municipal bond market performance during the second quarter of 2005. Money-market rates rose as the Federal Reserve raised official short-term rates twice during the quarter, but most bond yields fell, with long-term rates declining the most. Issuers took advantage of declining...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Shop For Bonds : Pricing Munis On The Internet]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73793]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The focus of the article is how to use the Internet to obtain pricing information when shopping for municipal bonds. Buying municipal bonds is a little like buying a car—an informed buyer shops around, and is ready to do some comparison-shopping. Probably no aspect of investing in municipal bonds is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putting Together A Portfolio Of Municipal Bond Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73795]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the articles in a series of three dealing with municipal bonds. It highlights some of the choices one need to make when investing in municipal bonds such as how to determine which maturities best fit financial objectives, comparing premium bonds, discount bonds, and zero-coupon bonds; and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bond insurer business booming.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200212/ai_n20153618]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: JUDY GREENWALD    Financial guarantee insurers are happily floating in the wake of  what is turning out to be the biggest year yet for municipal bond  issuance.    And not only is municipal bond issuance up, but the percentage of  insured bonds...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What You Need To Know About Investing In Municipal Bonds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73794]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Municipal bonds are the only sector of the bond market where the primary buyers are individual investors. The chief attraction of munis municipal bonds is that they are exempt from federal taxes. If a person is a resident of the state issuing the bonds, they are also exempt from state...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Robert Germano Joins Prudential Municipal Bond Portfolio Team]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Top 25 tax-exempt bond funds ranked by performance.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200112/ai_n17424489]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Top 25 tax-exempt bond funds ranked by performance          Fund name                       Fund family       ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investment banks wake up to once-sleepy muni bonds; Wall St. embraces public finance as rising tide of issues hits the market.(Bear Stearns and Company Inc.)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5254/is_200110/ai_n20223457]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By late summer, bear Stearns' Dan Keating was energized. The  senior managing director's public finance group was already well on  its way to its best performance in years. And that was even before Bear  Stearns & Co. led 17 other Wall Street firms   By late...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fidelity Investments Reopens Municipal Bond and International Equity Funds]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Has The Time Passed For Municipal Bond Funds?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73343]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The question this article tries to address is do municipal bond funds still have a place in today's portfolios? After closely examining yield and bond fund expenses, along with other factors such as diversification, it is concluded that many investors would do better with individual issues. A well-run bond fund...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Declares Dividend]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_June_29/ai_63039932]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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