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California Beset With Fires and Virus Sells $2.4 Billion in Debt

Last September, California entered its bi-annual bond sale flush with a ratings upgrade from Fitch Ratings and a $21 billion budget surplus. A year later, California kicks off its fall debt sales under dramatically different circumstances. Wildfires scorching thousands of …

After Berkshire Accord Liberty Mutual Sells $750M Bond

Liberty Mutual Group Inc. issued $750 million of bonds to help finance a payment to a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for covering the insurance company’s liabilities tied to asbestos. The 4.85 percent, 30-year notes were sold to …