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| | Business Wire: Fitch Rates Webb County, Texas' GO Bonds 'A'. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A' rating to Webb County, TX's (the county) $11,300,000 limited tax bonds, series 2002 and $4,200,000 certificates of obligation, series 2002, which are scheduled to sell via negotiation to Banc of America Securities LLC on Aug. 22. |
 | | The county has made an increased and stable fund balance a priority, which was key to the upgrade of all outstanding debt to 'A' from 'A-' in June 2000. |
 | | Webb County's economic profile mirrors that of Laredo, which constitutes about 90% of the county's population and, as the largest inland port in the nation, primarily facilitates international traffic between the U.S. and Mexico in this region. |
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