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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has just filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC that will allow the company to sell debt instruments from time to time if it chooses. No terms were...
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Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) has just seen another negative development, this time from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. S&P lowered its corporate credit rating Level 3...
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We have been tracking the developments in corporate bond spreads and the lack of liquidity for new capital. Over the last ten days or so we have witnessed several corporate bond offerings of size...
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The world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, Transocean (NYSE:RIG) is moving its incorporation location from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland. Pending final approvals, the move will be...
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The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has filed for a shelf registration to allow its Boeing Capital Corporation unit to raise up to $5,000,000,000.00 ($ billion) via the sale of debt securities. Cash Back...
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The recent turmoil in the credit markets has created problems for issues of the highest quality debt all the way down to the junkiest of junk bonds which trade at ratings under "BBB" or "Baa." When...
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) is showing that some companies can still raise cash in these troubled times. Big Blue is selling $4 billion in debt in a multiple maturity offering. The company is showing that...
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There has been talk of creating a central exchange and clearing mechanism for the widely unknown and illiquid Credit Default Swaps, and now that talk has materialized into an actual effort. The...
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Syntroleum Corporation (NASDAQ: SYNM) has announced that Dynamic Fuels LLC, a 50-50 joint venture between Syntroleum and Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN), has received final approval from the Louisiana...
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Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) has extended the early participation deadline for the pending private offer of its indirect units until 11:59 PM ET on June 27, 2008 and the exchange ratio...
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its corporate credit rating on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to ‘BB+’ from ‘BB’. While this is still junk status, it is now just a notch under...
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Shares of JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) are seeing some extra pressure this morning after the company announced the pricing of a previously announced convertible debt offering of 5.5%...
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The 10-Year Treasury Note has crossed back above the 4.00% mark today. According to our data, the last time rates flirted with 4.00% on the 10-year treasury note was on May 14, 2008 when we saw a...
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