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Japan's Government Bonds Gain as Demand Increases at Debt Sale (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's government bonds rose, pushing 10-year yields to near the lowest in four months, after demand increased at an auction of two-year notes.

Fitch Downgrades WM Covered Bonds Program to 'AA' (Centre Daily Times)
Fitch Ratings has downgraded WM Covered Bond Program's (WMCBP) series 1, 2 and 3 to 'AA' from 'AAA' and removed them from Rating Watch Negative. As of the end of July 2008, aggregate outstanding covered bonds were equivalent to approximately US$7.8 billion and are ultimately secured over a portfolio of U.S. residential mortgage loans of US$11.7 billion held by Washington Mutual Bank ('WMB'; ...

NPPD revenue bonds get firm's 3rd-highest rating (La Vista Sun)
A bond review company has rated $325 million in revenue bonds to be issued by Nebraska Public Power District at the third-highest level. The Columbus utility's $1.5 billion in outstanding general revenue bonds earned the same rating.

Fitch Rates JEA $68MM Sr and Sub Electric System Rev Bonds Series 2008E 'AA-' (Centre Daily Times)
Fitch Ratings has assigned a rating of 'AA-' to the JEA 20-year fixed-rate series three 2008E $44 million senior and series 2008E $24 million subordinate electric system revenue bonds. Fitch also affirms the 'AA-'rating on outstanding senior and subordinate electric revenue bonds and outstanding St. John's River Power Park bonds. The Rating Outlook for all of the bonds is Stable. Proceeds from ...

MBIA jumps after deal to reinsure FGIC bonds (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Shares of MBIA Inc. jumped before the open on Thursday after the bond insurer agreed in a deal to reinsure $184 billion of municipal bonds backed by its rival FGIC Corp.

Bonds See Further Weakness In Late Morning Trading (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Bonds continue to show weakness in late morning trading on Thursday following the release of a government report that showed the economy grew at a faster pace than economists were expecting.

Japan's Bonds Gain on Recession Concerns Before Production Data (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese government bonds rose, pushing 10-year yields towards the lowest in four months, on speculation an economic slump will deepen.

Fitch Rates WellSpan Health's (Pennsylvania) $427MM 2008 Bonds 'AA-' (Centre Daily Times)
Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' underlying rating to the General Authority of Southcentral Pennsylvania's approximately $427 million revenue bonds, series 2008A and 2008B (issued on behalf of WellSpan Health). In addition, Fitch has affirmed the 'AA-' underlying rating on WellSpan Health's (WellSpan) $445 million outstanding parity bonds. The Rating Outlook is Stable.

Skyepharma close to renegotiating bonds (Financial Times)
Skyepharma , the maker of drug delivery systems, is close to an agreement to renegotiate its bonds, as it announced a reduction in losses and increased revenues.

Bonds 'a dark corner' of market (USA Today)
Bernadine Abbott is one of many investors both big professionals and individuals who got snared buying auction-rate securities (ARS). Regulators are swarming over the crisis. Wall Street banks that sold the bonds are offering to settle with authorities and pay investors back. Abbott is still waiting to see if she will be made whole.