Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Several years after they began chipping away at the state Intangibles Tax, Florida lawmakers this week voted overwhelmingly to repeal it. The tax affects...

R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard have paid their full share due under the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) this year, bringing the total combined payments of the...

Philip Morris, the largest company involved in the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), made its full 2006 payment of $3.4 billion last week. With a 50% market...

A final report issued by an arbitrator yesterday upheld the claim of major cigarette manufacturers that the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was instrumental...

Florida lawmakers are in the process of making 2007 a happy new year for Florida investors holding out-of-state bonds. A bill to repeal the Intangible Tax,...

Individual investors continued aggressively buying tax-free municipal bonds in 2005, according to the Federal Reserve Board's quarterly "Flow of Funds" data....

Where does Suze Orman, the high profile "financial freedom" counselor, invest her own money? According to a recent newspaper article, Ms. Orman finds...

You're probably familiar with the inverted yield curve. The TV talkers and financial press are aflutter with the phenomenon, and it's become part of the...

General Motors Acceptance Corp. is drawing interest from various suitors, including Citigroup Inc. and Wachovia Corp. Citigroup Inc. and hedge fund Cerberus...

Ford Motor Company this week announced improved fourth quarter 2005 results and presented its long awaited turnaround plan that it calls "Way Forward."...