The America's Intelligence Wire articles from June 2005

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from June 2005

Q2 2005 Engineered Support Systems Earnings Conference Call - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) Selman, we don't have a number on that. We can only speculate it is going to be at least in the 10s of millions, and will it be over 100 million, we don't know right now. It will be a long-term program just like...

Q2 2005 Engineered Support Systems Earnings Conference Call - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) OPERATOR: Welcome and thank you for standing by. Good morning and welcome to the Engineered Support Systems second-quarter earnings release. (OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS). Your host for today's conference call is Mr....

Q2 2005 Engineered Support Systems Earnings Conference Call - Part 3.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) GERRY POTTHOFF: This is Gerry Potthoff. And by the way, we will have to cut you off with this question. We are about to run out of time. We apologize for that. Having said that, just thinking about the services...

JFCOM Mobile C2 Operational Prototype Readies For Mission Rehearsal.
June 1, 2005... (From Access Intelligence (Was PBI) - Defense Daily) By Ann Roosevelt This month, a Command and Control On The Move (C2OTM) operational prototype developed by the U.S. Joint Forces Command will be integrated and exercised for potential...

Wargame Tackles Challenging Environment of Urban Operations.
June 1, 2005... (From Access Intelligence (Was PBI) - Defense Daily) By Geoff Fein As U.S. forces in urban areas begin to move toward the concept of a "three-block war" (combat, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations), they will need to understand how to...

Wargame Highlights Language, Cultural Challenges Facing Coalition Forces.
June 1, 2005... (From Access Intelligence (Was PBI) - Defense Daily) By Geoff Fein Coalition forces working in urban operations face a number of challenges, least of which is the ability to share information across different languages, according to several...

Stewart & Stevenson Posts Higher Sales, Earnings.
June 1, 2005... (From Access Intelligence (Was PBI) - Defense Daily) Stewart & Stevenson [SVC] last week reported higher sales and earnings in the first quarter, with the military truck business contributing the bulk of the revenue growth despite a drop in...

Northrop Grumman Pushes Programs To Remedy Land Force 'Capability Gaps'.
June 1, 2005... (From Access Intelligence (Was PBI) - Defense Daily) By Nathan Hodge As part of an ongoing dialogue with the military during the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), Northrop Grumman [NOC] has developed a list of technologies it thinks will...

Aircraft Subsidy Dispute To Go To World Trade Organization.
June 1, 2005... (From Access Intelligence (Was PBI) - Defense Daily) By Sharon Weinberger Unable to reach a resolution following months of transatlantic negotiations, the U.S. government has announced its intention to take its dispute with the European...

General Dynamics Developing Chargers For Secure Mobile Phones.
June 1, 2005... (From Access Intelligence (Was PBI) - Defense Daily) General Dynamics [GD] yesterday announced plans to offer military customers a liquid fuel cell powerpack developed by Medis Technologies [MDTL] as an accessory for its popular Sectera...

Terrorism Fight Drawing Air And Ground Forces Closer Together.
June 1, 2005... (From Access Intelligence (Was PBI) - Defense Daily) By B.C. Kessner HERZLIYA, Israel--Former Air Force Secretary Jim Roche and Israel Air Force (IAF) commander, Maj. Gen. Elyezer Shkedy, both said yesterday that there has been dramatic...

Q2 2005 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Part 3.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) LARRY SORSBY: Right. ALEX BARING: I was just trying to get a feel for when that might turn around? LARRY SORSBY: I think you'll begin to see a turnaround in the second half of the year. ALEX BARING: Okay,...

Q2 2005 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) ARA HOVNANIAN: Thanks Larry. With revenues up more than 34% and a 49% increase in earnings per share, we are pleased with our performance during the first half of '05. More importantly, our contract backlog and...

Q2 2005 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) OPERATOR: Good morning and thank you for joining us today for Hovnanian Enterprises' Fiscal Year 2005 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. By now you should have received a copy of the earnings press...

Eli Lilly at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) RICHARD EVANS, ANALYST, SANFORD BERNSTEIN: Good afternoon everyone. I'm Richard Evans, I'm the U.S. Pharma Analyst for Bernstein. In the seven years I've been here, you have probably been subjected to a sermon...

Eli Lilly at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) RICHARD EVANS: A few questions on Zyprexa and I'm going to try to just to lead into one thing. First of all, with the launch of Abilify in Europe, should we anticipate a comparable trend in Europe to what we've...

Hewlett-Packard at SG Cowen & Co. 33rd Annual Technology Conference 2005 - Final.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) RICHARD CHU, ANALYST, SG COWEN & CO.: Good morning. It is really my pleasure to introduce Bob Wayman, who is Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer of Hewlett-Packard. Bob has been a tremendous supporter of...

Verizon at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) JEFF HALPERN, ANALYST, SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO.: Okay, in the interest of keeping us reasonably on schedule, I'm going to kick it off here. Thank you for coming to the 21st Annual Sanford C. Bernstein...

Verizon at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) And that is just what we know. At this point that is what we are committed to. That is what we have said. We think that justifies the transaction. What we're hoping for is, as we really get into this later on,...

Kohl's at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) EMME KOZLOFF: Larry, what is Kohl's potential for market share gains arising from the Federated May Department Store merger? LARRY MONTGOMERY: I don't know that I can put an actual number on those but when...

Kohl's at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) EMME KOZLOFF, RETAIL ANALYST, SANFORD BERNSTEIN: Good morning. I am Emme Kozloff, broad line's retail analyst at Sanford Bernstein. It is my pleasure to introduce Larry Montgomery, the Chairman and Chief...

PMC-Sierra, Inc. at SG Cowen & Co. 33rd Annual Technology Conference 2005 - Final.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) JIM LIANG, ANALYST, SG COWEN: Welcome to the PMC-Sierra conference. I'm Jim Liang, the communications analyst for SG Cowen. It 's my pleasure to introduce Alan Krock, Chief Financial Officer, of PMC-Sierra....

Hartford Financial Services at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) TODD BAULT, ANALYST, SANFORD BERNSTEIN: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the Strategic Systems conference. I'm Todd Bault, Bernstein's non life insurance analyst and by this time you know that the cards...

Q1 2005 Whitehall Jewellers Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Final.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) OPERATOR: Good day, ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the first-quarter 2005 Whitehall Jewellers earnings call. My name is Sean and I will be your coordinator for today. At this time all participants are in a...

Hartford Financial Services at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) TODD BAULT: State Farm said in its recent annual report that it was disappointed with its market share in auto and would like to regain share. What does that mean to Hartford in the industry? RAMANI AYER: I...

Gilead Sciences at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) GEOFF PORGES, ANALYST, SANFORD BERNSTEIN: Good afternoon, my name is Geoff Porges. I'm the senior biotech analyst here at Bernstein. It gives me great pleasure to introduce John Martin. John's President and...

Gilead Sciences at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 3.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) And so it was with stability data that was, you know, a less complete package than we would have originally expected. But very, very strong package anyway that we feel, you know, everyone's confident in the...

Gilead Sciences at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) I'd like to talk a little bit about our Access Program to this audience. These are new slides that we put in, particularly for this conference. And one of -- so we feel very -- that it's very important that the...

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Analyst Meeting - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) SHIRLEY STACY, DIRECTOR OF INVESTOR RELATIONS, BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC: Hi everyone, if you can take your seats now we'd like to get started in a few minutes. Good morning, welcome to the 2005...

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Analyst Meeting - Part 3.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) As I'm going through, I'll also touch on how we're going to compete going forward and regain some ground that we lost in some of those segments and gather more ground in the segments that we're growing in and...

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Analyst Meeting - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) So what have we done with that information? We've set up things - how do we grow? What are some of the new areas we're going to launch into? And generally for a technology company, there's 2 paths you can...

CANAL+ Group Presentation - Meeting & Conference Call - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) And obviously we will convert our subscriber base at the speed of this digital development. It also means that we have not planned yet to give us our analog frequency, until we have a significant -- If we have,...

CANAL+ Group Presentation - Meeting & Conference Call - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) UNIDENTIFIED COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE: Good afternoon, or good morning. Welcome to all of you who are attending this meeting, either because you're here with us or because you're on line, in the framework of our...

CANAL+ Group Presentation - Meeting & Conference Call - Part 3.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) [CCBN reserves the right to make changes to documents, content, or other information on this web site without obligation to notify any person of such changes. In the conference calls upon which Event Transcripts...

Comcast Corporation Annual Shareholders Meeting - Part 1.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) OPERATOR: Good morning and welcome to the 2005 Comcast Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Today's meeting is being simultaneously webcast and accompanied by slides, which are available on the Company's Investor...

Comcast Corporation Annual Shareholders Meeting - Part 2.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) UNIDENTIFIED AUDIENCE MEMBER: Mr. Roberts you brought up ISS and also Glass Lewis another independent proxy voting service, both of them this year are voting to separate the position of Chairman and CEO and...

Comcast Corporation Annual Shareholders Meeting - Part 3.
June 1, 2005... (From Fair Disclosure Wire) RABBI RAV SOLOFF, REPRESENTATIVE: From a moral and ethical perspective, as religious leaders we are concerned that Comcast employment practices do not responsively address your employees' moral and legal right...

The Digest.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) With tax-exempt traders tentative after a long Memorial Day weekend and cautious ahead of a week of substantial new-issue supply, the municipal market edged higher yesterday but lagged behind a surging Treasury...

Texas-Sized Budget Issues.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Albanese The Texas Legislature on Monday adjourned its 79th regular session after approving a $139 billion budget for the coming 2006-07 biennium that increases spending without adding additional...

Sacramento MUD Aims to Annex Nearby PG&E Customers, Assets.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Liz Enochs Sacramento Municipal Utility District officials have made a major move toward annexing about 150,000 residents and 70,000 electricity customers from neighboring Yolo County and taking over the...

Long-Term Bond Volume Remains High.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Susanne Walker A new wave of refundings kept long-term municipal bond volume strong in the first five months of this year, as issuers sold bonds in the face of a flat yield curve to capitalize on low...

News In Brief: Chicago PMI Falls To 54.1 in May.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Gary E. Siegel The Chicago Purchasing Manager's Business Barometer slid to 54.1 in May from 65.6 in April, the 25th straight month of expansion as defined by a reading above 50.0, the Purchasing Management...

News In Brief: Consumer Confidence Index Rebounds in May.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Gary E. Siegel The consumer confidence index rebounded in May, climbing to 102.2 from a downwardly revised 97.5 last month, the Conference Board reported yesterday. The April index reading was...

News In Brief: NAPM-NY BCI Dips To 337.3 in May.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Gary E. Siegel The New York Business Conditions Index in the National Association of Purchasing Management-New York's Report on Business slipped in May to 337.3 from 341.2 in April, the group said...

News In Brief: Weekly T-Bills Go At 2.935%, 3.080%.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Andrew Ackerman Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 183-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 2.935% high rate, up from 2.895% last week and as the...

News In Brief: Cash Managements Draw 2.895% High.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Andrew Ackerman The Treasury Department yesterday sold $10 billion 14-day cash management bills, dated June 1, due June 15 at a 2.895% high tender rate. The bid to cover ratio was 3.30. The coupon...

Tuesday's Market: Munis Edge Up But Lag Treasuries After Long Memorial Day Weekend.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Bill Curran and Anastasija Johnson With tax-exempt traders tentative after a long Memorial Day weekend and cautious ahead of a week of substantial new-issue supply, the municipal market edged higher...

Illinois Lawmakers Expected to Pass $53 Billion Budget.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Yvette Shields Illinois lawmakers were expected to adjourn late yesterday after passing a $53 billion budget that eliminates a $1 billion deficit and provides more aid for schools and public transportation...

Mississippi Bond Bill Fizzles at Special Session.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo Mississippi lawmakers on Saturday passed a $4.6 billion budget for fiscal 2006, which starts July 1, but they failed for a second time to pass an economic development bond bill. At the end of...

California Assembly Votes to Bump Rail Measure to '08.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Rich Saskal A $10 billion bond measure to finance a California high-speed rail system is on track to further delays. The state Assembly has approved a bill that would delay the bond authorization vote...

SEC: Citigroup Units to Pay $208M To Settle Mutual Fund Fraud Charges.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Lynn Hume Two Citigroup Inc. subsidiaries have been ordered to pay $208 million in penalties and disgorgement, as well as take substantial remedial steps, to settle fraud charges over failing to disclose...

Barbara Lloyd Joins Lehman Brothers In Los Angeles as Senior Vice.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Rich Saskal Barbara Lloyd joined Lehman Brothers last week as a senior vice president in the firm's Los Angeles office. "She brings a wealth of talent that we think will be attractive to issuer...

Mineta: Amtrak Headed for Year-End Deficit of $40M.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Humberto Sanchez Amtrak must cut spending or it could end the fiscal year about $40 million in the red, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta told Amtrak president David L. Gunn in a letter made public...

Mutual Funds: Muni Outflows Increased in April; '05 Still Showing Net Gain.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine Municipal bond mutual fund net outflows picked up slightly to $596 million in April as investors filed their personal income tax returns, according to the Investment Company Institute. The...

Retail Focus: Zions Courting Individual Investors With Institutional.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine Zions Bancorporation announced last week that it is making bonds available to individual investors at institutional prices, with a flat $10.95 transaction fee. The move, which follows a...

Competitive Bond Offerings.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine Letter F next to the issuer's name signifies the Official Notice of Sale is available on the internet! Go to www.bondbuyer.com ISSUER ST DESCRIPTION AMOUNT ($000s) TIME OF SALE FINANCIAL ADVISER...

Competitive Note Offerings.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine ISSUER ST DESCRIPTION AMOUNT($000s) TIME OF SALE FINANCIAL ADVISER LEGAL OPINION MATURING INSURER MDY'S S&P FITCH BANK-QUAL. LATEST DETAILS Wednesday, June 1 F Clovis USD CA Tax & Rev Antic...

Negotiated Bond Offerings.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine Tentative dates for negotiated sales of $5 million or more. ISSUER ST DESCRIPTION AMOUNT ($000s) LEAD MANAGER FINANCIAL ADVISER INSURER MDY'S S&P FITCH FIRST APPEARED Week Of May 30 Phoenix...

Negotiated Note Offerings.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine ISSUER ST DESCRIPTION AMOUNT ($000s) LEAD MANAGER FINANCIAL ADVISER INSURER MDY'S S&P FITCH FIRST APPEARED Week Of May 30 Oregon Sch Bds Assoc OR Tax Antic 6,250 Seattle-Northwest --- --- ---...

Results of Negotiated Sales.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine COLORADO Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority May 19, 2005 $50,365,000 Weekly Variable Rate Student Housing Facilities Revenue Bonds (Campus Village Apartments Project), Series...

Results of Competitive Sales.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine CONNECTICUT Hamden (Town) May 31, 2005 $10,000,000 General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes (book entry). Dated Jun 9, 2005. Due Jul 29, 2005. Purchased $10,000,000.00 by...

Municipal Bond Elections.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jacob Fine This table lists bond elections involving $500,000 or more and gives the dates when voters are scheduled to cast their ballots (,000 omitted). Saturday, June 04, 2005 $10,000 Malakoff ISD,...

Hands Tied, Phoenix Seeks New Ways to Shelter Homeless.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jim Watts Stymied in its attempts to spend $7 million in 2001 bond money on a new shelter north of downtown, Phoenix will work with private groups and charities to provide up to 200 additional beds for...

Deal in Focus: Univ. of Michigan Pumping Bond Proceeds Into Heart Center.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin The Regents of the University of Michigan will bring $150 million of variable-rate revenue bonds to market tomorrow in a sale that includes a swap and will bring in cash to pay some of...

ILLINOIS: Moody's Lifts Chicago.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Yvette Shields Moody's Investors Service last week upgraded Chicago's sales-tax backed debt into the low double-A category as the city prepares to sell $150 million of refunding bonds this week. The...

ILLINOIS: Illini's New Money.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Yvette Shields The University of Illinois plans to sell nearly $70 million of new-money, variable-rate auxiliary facilities revenue bonds later this month. Moody's Investors Service last week affirmed its...

NEBRASKA: Omaha Surplus.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin The Omaha City Council is set to vote next week on a plan to shift unanticipated surplus revenues the city realized in fiscal year 2004 to a contingency fund. The city also plans to...

OHIO: Missing Investments.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin The General Assembly would reverse a 1996 law that allowed the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation to expand its options for investing state funds under new legislation being introduced...

NEW-ISSUE VOLUME NOTES.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin The new-issue volume tables are based on information compiled by The Bond Buyer from Thomson Financial's data base on Tuesday, May 31, 2005. All figures are preliminary and subject to...

LONG-TERM BONDS: January - May.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin 2005 2004 Volume No. of Volume No. of Pct. ($000s) Issues ($000s) Issues Chg TOTAL $163,949,500 5,589 $155,385,800 5,613 +5.5 % January 22,469,000 809 20,724,200 850 +8.4 February...

LARGEST ISSUES: May 2005.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin Amount Issuer Date 1,440.0 Detroit, Mich. (TAX/TE) May 25 966.3 Hawaii (State), GOs (NM/ref) May 31 853.1 New York City, GOs May 19 836.2 Arizona Health Facilities Authority (NM/ref) May...

LONG-TERM BONDS: May.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin 2005 2004 Volume No. of Volume No. of Pct. ($000s) Issues ($000s) Issues Chg TOTAL $34,471,600 1,182 $37,740,600 1,173 -8.7 % Development 448,500 27 229,900 24 +95.1 Education...

BOND SALES BY STATE: January-May.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin 2005 2004 Volume Volume Percentage State Rank ($000s) Rank ($000s) Change Alabama 30 $1,268,300 41 $630,400 +101.2 % Alaska 40 708,700 45 442,600 +60.1 Arizona 15 3,173,200 10 4,102,300...

U.S. Securities Prices.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin Prices as of 3 p.m. ET. Source: GovPx Inc. Treasury Bills Yesterday's Prev. Day's Yesterday's (in percent of discount) Bid/Offer Bid/Offer Bid Yield 1M -- 6/23/2005 2.728/718...

Short-Term Tax-Exempt Yields.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin May 31, 2005 May 27, 2005 Jun 1, 2004 Selected MIG-1/SP-1+ Notes California Rans 3s (June 05) 2.70 2.70 1.25 Los Angeles Co Trans 3s (June 05) 2.60 2.67 1.15 New Jersey Trans 3s (June 05)...

Municipal Market Data General Obligation Yields.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin Aaa Aaa (pure) (ins) Aa A Baa 2006 2.73 2.80 2.79 2.90 3.18 2010 3.01 3.14 3.11 3.31 3.66 2015 3.49 3.64 3.60 3.84 4.23 2020 3.87 3.95 3.93 4.15 4.53 2025 4.04 4.15 4.15 4.34 4.67 2030...

Market Indicators.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin Dollar amounts are in millions Day's 2005 2005 Daily Yesterday Change High Date Low Date Municipal Bond Index 115-30 +9/32 116-07 (2/9) 112-11 (1/4) 40 Average Dollar Price 105.02 +0.26...

New-Issue Balances.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin (,000 Omitted) * Since initial reoffering + Revised upward since last report Amount Date NEW OFFERINGS Sold Balance $20,000 5/31 Elmira City Sch. Dist., N.Y. $20,000 All Sold RECENT...

Recent Tables.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin Weekly Bond Buyer Indexes Friday Bond Elections Wednesday Credit Calendar Friday General Obligation Bond Prices Monday Legislative Status Report Monday Merrill Lynch Corporate Bond...

Reoffering Yields.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin NRO - Not Reoffered; S.B. - Sealed Bid; SNA - Sold, Not Available Offer Amount Date ($Mil) RECENT OFFERINGS 1 Year 5 10 15 20 25 30 Aaa -- AAA 5/26 15.0 Irving, Tex. 2.80 3.17 3.80 4.22...

Merrill Lynch Corporate Bond Indexes.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin Performance Comparisons for May 30, 2005 Aaa-Baa Rated Corporates Index Avg. Pct. of Total Return % Close Yield Market Prior Wk. Y-T-D ML Corporate Master 1536.10 5.03 100.00 +0.27 +1.29...

Municipal Bond Index Update.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin The list of bonds used to calculate the Municipal Bond Index was revised after the May 31 pricing. The new coefficient is 1.0221. It was derived by dividing the May 31 index...

Municipal Bond Prices.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin These 40 Bonds are evaluated and priced daily by Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations Inc. All figures are rounded to the nearest eighth when reported in this table. "Change...

Municipal Bond Index.
June 1, 2005... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Carvlin Current Day Previous Day Week Ago Month Ago Year Ago The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index 115-30 115-21 115-29 114-23 106-06 Tuesday, May 31, 2005 Maturity Par Call Dollar Conversion...