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		<title><![CDATA[SEC in Settlement Talks With BofA, UBS: Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is in settlement talks with several large financial institutions to resolve investigations into the awarding of municipal investment contracts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.UBS UBSN and Bank of America Corp BAC are among a few firms negotiating settlements with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Higher Yield, Safe Returns: Best Investment Bets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money-market funds are now paying next to nothing. Boost your returns by moving some cash into higher-yielding but still relatively safe dividend stocks or bond funds. Here are five stocks and five funds that we like.              ...]]></description>
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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[Why Worries About Municipal Bonds Are Overblown]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors may be concerned about potential losses from defaulting municipal bonds. While nothing is certain in investing, the historical evidence shows that investors may be worrying too much about potential defaults. by Larry Swedroe]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:15:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MBIA Spins Off Muni Business: Any Impact For Bond Investors?]]></title>
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		<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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		<description><![CDATA[This tax equivalent yield tool will estimate the tax-equivalent yield, or TEY, for a municipal bond. Income generated from municipal bond coupon payments are not subject to federal income tax. In addition, if the bond was issued in the state of residence, you can also avoid state income taxes. Use...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are California State Muni Bonds Secure?]]></title>
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		<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[Obama's Win Could Lift Muni Bond ETFs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Lydon ETF Trends submits:  The election of Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States will help out certain exchange traded fund ETF sectors more than others. The municipal bond market could be one beneficiary, based on an analysis of their Obama's economic recovery proposals...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:31:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aquila Investment Management Praises Supreme Court Ruling on Municipal Bonds as Victory for States and Shareholders]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Aquila Investment Management LLC, adviser to a family of seven single-state tax-free municipal bond funds, today applauded the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Kentucky v. Davis, which upheld the right of states to tax interest on out-of-state municipal bonds while exempting their own bond interest from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust Today Declared Monthly Income Dividends from Tax-Free Income]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust today declared monthly income dividends of $.05 per share from tax-free income.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Treasurer Testifies Before Congress About Turmoil in Municipal Bond Market]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Market Vectors Adds to Family of Muni Bond ETFS; Launches Short Term Municipal Bond ETF On American Stock Exchange]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_26/ai_n24325137]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global today launched on the American Stock Exchange[R] the Market Vectors-Lehman Brothers AMT-Free Short Municipal Index ETF (Amex: SMB). The new ETF is designed to offer investors exposure to investment-grade municipal bonds with a nominal maturity of 1-6 years.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 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>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_1/ai_n24244851]]></link>
		<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>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Jan_25/ai_n24225549]]></link>
		<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>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Jan_8/ai_n24225313]]></link>
		<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[Market Vectors Launches Long Municipal Bond ETF on American Stock Exchange]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Jan_7/ai_n24223847]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global today launched on the American Stock Exchange the Market Vectors-Lehman Brothers AMT-Free Long Municipal Index ETF (Amex: MLN), designed to offer investors exposure to investment-grade municipal bonds with a nominal maturity of 17 years or more.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 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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		<title><![CDATA[Municipal Bond Tax Equivalent Yield]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tool will estimate The Tax-Equivalent Yield TEY for a municipal bond. Income generated from municipal bond coupon payments are not subject to federal income tax. In addition, if the bond was issued in your state of residence, you can also avoid state income taxes. Use this tool to determine...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earn Tax-Free Income With Municipal Bonds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=924041]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes to pay taxes. That's why investors naturally are interested in earning tax-free income. Municipal bond issues are a very popular way to earn tax-free income and, if income is reinvested, achieve tax-free compounding of returns. Municipal bonds (also known as "Munis") are fixed-income investments that can provide higher...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Barclays Global Investors Announces the Trading of the First State Municipal Bond Exchange Traded Funds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200710/ai_n21031308]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Barclays Global Investors BGI announced that the iShares S&P California Municipal Bond Fund (AMEX: CMF) and the iShares S&P New York Municipal Bond Fund (AMEX: NYF) will begin trading today on the American Stock Exchange.  They are the first state municipal bond ETFs available to U.S. investors and they...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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