Friday, October 26, 2018

City of Mesa Long-Term Municipal Bond Obligations

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City of Glendale AZ Water & Sewer Revenue. Series 2012. 5.00% ... City of Mesa AZ (City of Mesa AZ Excise Tax) ... City of Mesa AZ Utility System Revenue
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Form N-Q AB MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND For: Aug 31
October 26, 2018 5:19 PM
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-07618
AB MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Joseph J. Mantineo
AllianceBernstein L.P.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (807) 221-5672
Date of fiscal year end: May 31, 2019
Date of reporting period: August 31, 2018 
 
ITEM 1.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

AB Municipal Income Fund II
AB Arizona Portfolio
Portfolio of Investments
August 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 
   Principal
Amount

(000)
     U.S. $ Value 
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 98.1%
      
Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 98.1%
      
Arizona - 81.4%
      
Arizona Department of Transportation State Highway Fund Revenue
      
Series 2011A
      
5.25%, 7/01/29 (Pre-refunded/ETM)
  $1,500     $    1,638,270 
Series 2013A
      
5.00%, 7/01/37
          3,000      3,272,820 
Arizona Game & Fish Department & Commission (Arizona Game & Fish Department & Commission State Lease)
      
Series 2006
      
5.00%, 7/01/26
   1,000      1,002,410 
Arizona Health Facilities Authority (Dignity Health Obligated Group)
      
Series 2009D
      
5.00%, 7/01/28
   1,000      1,021,750 
Arizona Health Facilities Authority (HonorHealth)
      
Series 2014A
      
5.00%, 12/01/34
   3,000      3,320,940 
Arizona Industrial Development Authority (Provident Group - EMU Properties LLC)
      
Series 2018
      
5.00%, 5/01/43-5/01/48
   2,100      2,310,893 
Arizona State University
      
Series 2014
      
5.00%, 8/01/33
   2,050      2,304,548 
City of Glendale AZ Water & Sewer Revenue
      
Series 2012
      
5.00%, 7/01/28
   2,000      2,198,760 
City of Mesa AZ (City of Mesa AZ Excise Tax)
      
Series 2013
      
5.00%, 7/01/32
   5,000      5,464,250 
City of Mesa AZ Utility System Revenue
      
Series 2016
      
4.00%, 7/01/32
   1,000      1,063,490 
City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp. (Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport)
      
Series 2017A
  
 
 

China: facial recognition and state control | The Economist

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Published on Oct 24, 2018
China is the world leader in facial recognition technology. Discover how the country is using it to develop a vast hyper-surveillance system able to monitor and target its ethnic minorities, including the Muslim Uighur population.
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Improving lives, increasing connectivity across the world, that's the great promise offered by data-driven technology - but in China it also promises greater state control and abuse of power.
This is the next groundbreaking development in data-driven technology, facial recognition. And in China you can already withdraw cash, check in at airports, and pay for goods using just your face. The country is the world's leader in the use of this emerging technology, and China's many artificial intelligence startups are determined to keep it that way in the future.
Companies like Yitu. Yitu is creating the building blocks for a smart city of the future, where facial recognition is part of everyday life. This could even extend to detecting what people are thinking.
But the Chinese government has plans to use this new biometric technology to cement its authoritarian rule. The country has ambitious plans to develop a vast national surveillance system based on facial recognition. It'll be used to monitor it's 1.4 billion citizens in unprecedented ways. With the capability of tracking everything from their emotions to their sexuality.
The primary means will be a vast network of CCTV cameras. 170 million are already in place and an estimated 400 million new ones will be installed over the next three years. The authorities insist this program will allow them to improve security for citizens, and if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.
But not everyone is convinced. Hong Zhenkuai is a former magazine editor who was ousted by the government. He feels like he's under constant surveillance. Already the authorities are using facial recognition to name and shame citizens, even for minor offenses like jaywalking. In Beijing they're using the technology to prevent people stealing rolls of loo paper from public toilets, and across China police officers are now trialing sunglasses and body cameras loaded with facial and gesture recognition technology - it's helping them to identify wanted suspects in real-time.
What worries some people here is that as the technology develops, so too does the capacity for it to be abused. Some of those most at risk in this hyper surveillance future are the ethnic minorities in China. In Xinjiang province, the Chinese government is wary of the separatist threat posed by the Muslim Uighur population. According to local NGOs, an estimated 1 million Uighurs are being detained indefinitely in secretive internment camps, where some are being subject to abuse. It's been called the largest mass incarceration of a minority population in the world today.
The authorities are using facial recognition cameras to scan people's faces before they enter markets. The system alerts authorities if targeted individuals stray 300 meters beyond their home. In the future the government plans to aggregate even more data and build a predictive policing program that imposes even tighter controls here.
Without checks and balances, China will keep finding new ways to violate the human rights of its citizens. What's already happening in Xinjiang is a warning the rest of the world must heed.
What are the forces shaping how people live and work and how power is wielded in the modern age? NOW AND NEXT reveals the pressures, the plans and the likely tipping points for enduring global change. Understand what is really transforming the world today – and discover what may lie in store tomorrow.

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Thursday, October 25, 2018

My Problem With Mansplaining: Jonathan Pie Goes Hard-Core


Published on Oct 21, 2018
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Jonathan Pie, the irate news reporter comes to the Hammersmith Apollo for a night of blistering political stand-up.
Jonathan Pie is the comedy sensation who satirizes the world of politics and the media. A frustrated news journalist best known for venting his spleen in unguarded “off-camera” rants which have garnered him millions of fans worldwide, this satirical character’s second live show sees him attacking both sides of the political divide.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

News Wrap: Market plunge wipes out 2018 financial gains

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Published on Oct 24, 2018
Wednesday in our News Wrap, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 608 points, wiping out 2018 gains. Also, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, speaking for the first time since Saudi Arabia admitted a role in killing Jamal Khashoggi, declared it a “heinous crime” and promised justice at an investment conference in Riyadh.
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Impact of going it alone after US withdrew from eight deals


Published on Oct 24, 2018
Since US President Donald Trump took office, globalization and multilateral foreign policy have been at the backburner. So far, the US has withdrawn from eight deals it has signed. Trump, with his "American First" policy, is far from done. He has waged a tariff war with most trading partners, and security concerns are growing across the world. #TradeFrictions

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Guggenheim's Minerd Says Financial System Overloaded With Debt

The visual tell-all - it's all gonna catch up with us.
Published on Oct 24, 2018
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Oct.24 -- Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Partners chairman of investments and global chief investment officer, explains why he sees a recession in 2020 with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close