The Journal said the rates were comparable to what a company with a triple A credit rating could command.
Say a municipality was refinancing a triple-A-rated bond an investor bought three years ago with a yield of 3.37%.
The Mets are moving their top minor-league affiliate to Las Vegas, a city some 2, 200 miles away from Queens the greatest distance between a Triple-A team and its current parent club.
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Fiji's world number four Vijay Singh, the event's highest-ranked player, finished level after a 73 that included an eagle, three straight birdies, a triple bogey, a double and three other bogeys.
In two weeks, Aardsma went from assuming he had a spot in the Yankee bullpen to resurfacing on a Triple-A club in New Orleans, hoping he can fight his way into relief for the Marlins.
The potential for a xenophobic party exists in every European state whether a country has a triple A credit rating, as the Netherlands does, or a country is on the brink of bankruptcy, as Greece is.
For example, the difference between the average yield on a triple-B-rated municipal bond in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch municipal-bond index the low end of investment grade and a triple-A-rated one has dropped to just 2.64 percentage points, the smallest since 2010.
Before Wednesday, he had allowed two goals or fewer in 12 of his previous 18 games, and he authored his finest performances in the three games that he faced his highest shot totals: a 39-save shutout against Ottawa, a 45-save effort in a triple-overtime victory over Washington, and a 36-save shutout of the Devils in Game 3.
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Francesco had five bogeys and failed to make a birdie, while Edoardo slipped to an 81 that contained a triple bogey eight, a double bogey and two closing bogeys.
Ozuna had three hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in four runs to help the Miami Marlins complete a three-game sweep over the New York Mets with an 11-6 win on Sunday.
The United States does not deserve a triple-A rating, at least for long-term debt.
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He's recovering from Tommy John surgery last June, and had shoulder stiffness last week in a Triple-A rehab outing.
It said it "could only conclude" that the goal posts had been moved, meaning Moody's requirements for a triple-A rating had changed.
Fitch Ratings cut FGIC's financial strength rating Wednesday to double-A from triple-A, and it did the same to Ambac earlier this month.
Without a triple-A rating to secure the insurance, municipalities would have a harder time raising money and would have to pay more to do so.
It may be unfair to call the Marlins a Triple-A team, but maybe those weren't the best players to use as a sales pitch.
For the AP to claim that "illegal immigrant" is "accurate and neutral" is like Moody's giving Bernie Madoff's hedge fund a triple-A rating for safety and creditworthiness.
Treasury yields are depressed at the moment, in part because market volatility and crazy oil prices have investors yearning for the safety of a triple-a credit.
Three years into his stint overseeing the Treasury--and with the firm support of George Washington--Hamilton had managed to turn our young country into a triple-A credit.
Demand has helped push the average yield on a Triple-A 10-year muni to a current 1.9% from 3.5% in January 2011, according to Thomson Reuters Municipal Market Data.
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Kemp's two-run shot off Harvey in the sixth, originally ruled a triple before a replay review, snapped a 1-all tie and ended the slugger's drought of 86 at-bats dating to last season.
Hughes, who was to pitch a Triple-A game Saturday as he recovered from a back injury, had his outing ended when he gave up a double to Hunter in the pivotal inning.
Mr. Nixon said the fund is critical not just for the state to gain a triple-A bond rating, but to also be prepared for higher health-care costs in coming years and to maintain consistent program funding levels.
Patrick Early, chief municipal analyst with Wells Fargo Advisors, points out that a triple-A rated kicker bond with a 5% coupon would yield about 1.75% if it was called at its first possible chance in six years almost double that of a current market muni that matures over that period.
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To get the same yield, an investor would have to buy a lower-rated bond, such as a 15-year double-A-rated bond or a triple-B-rated bond maturing in eight years.
LeBron James thoroughly dominated the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night, scoring a game-high 30 points, collecting a triple-double, and securing a Miami victory with a game-winning layup as time expired.
Wheeler went a combined 12-8 with a 3.26 ERA and 148 strikeouts in 149 innings last year at Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Buffalo.
Obtained from Cincinnati in December, Gregorius started the season on the disabled list with a strained right elbow and hit .387 during a rehab assignment at Triple-A Reno.
Marcell Ozuna had three hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in four runs to lift the Marlins.
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