California Municipal Bonds

Jackie Ginley

How A City's Affordable Housing Loans Became A $10 Million Mess

HuffingtonPost.com | Jackie Ginley | Posted 11.18.2011

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Reporters Bob Porterfield and Jackie Ginley are exploring the financial challenges facing Hercules for The Huffington Post and Hercules Patch. Read th...

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Jackie Ginley

City's Affordable Housing Initiative Spent Nearly $50 Million, Produced Nothing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jackie Ginley | Posted 11.17.2011

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Reporters Bob Porterfield and Jackie Ginley are exploring the financial challenges facing Hercules for The Huffington Post and Hercules Patch. Read th...

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Jackie Ginley

Hercules Municipal Utility Has Drained City Coffers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jackie Ginley | Posted 10.16.2011

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Reporters Bob Porterfield and Jackie Ginley are exploring the financial challenges facing Hercules for The Huffington Post and Hercules Patch. HERC...

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Municipal Bond Mess

Alan Schram | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Schram

Historically, the US experienced very few municipal defaults, and hence has been thought of as a safe place to invest. But the market is becoming more and more vulnerable.

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California Bond Sale Draws Heavy Demand

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yield-hungry individual investors have snapped up nearly two-thirds of California's $2-billion tax-free bond offering, which the state launched on Tue...

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California: $6.5 Billion Bond Sale

Bloomberg | Jeremy R. Cooke | Posted 05.25.2011

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March 25 (Bloomberg) -- California sold the biggest U.S. tax-exempt bond issue in almost five years to jump-start capital spending after tight credit ...

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