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Range Resources Prices $500M in Upsized Drive-By

– Range Resources sold $500 million in junk bonds in an upsized drive-by Thursday. The natural gas company will use the funds to help refinance existing notes...

Tenneco Prices $225M in Junk Bonds

– Tenneco issued $225 million in high yield bonds in a drive-by offering Thursday and plans to use the funds for a tender offer...

Citi Relaunches Revised TI Automotive TL

– Citigroup is relaunching a revised term loan for the U.S. unit of European auto-parts supplier TI Automotive today...

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Second Liens Pop Up in New Deals

– What do second-lien term loans and Betty White have in common? They’ve both been having a comeback this year. While second-lien term loans may not get the same kind of warm enthusiasm as...

Sydow: Basics Key to High Yield Success

– Robert Sydow brought his six-person Grandview Capital Management investment team to PIA in early May. Grandview, which Sydow founded in 1999, made high yield bonds and leveraged loans its focus...

A Bullish Forecast for Debt-Backed M&A Deals

– So far in 2010, it's been a tale of two markets. For the first six months of 2010 ending June 14, the volume of middle market deals rose nearly 70 percent. However, all M&A for the first half...

CLOs Reemerge from Economic Rubble

– Bank of America Merrill Lynch has arranged a $300 million CLO, surprising market participants who, after the worsening of the debt crisis overseas, weren’t expecting to see new CLOs for some time...

Banks Postpone Commitment Date for Gentive TLB

– The banks shopping a $600 million term loan B for Gentiva Health Services have postponed the loan’s commitment date, deciding to time the deadline with the launch of $305 million in senior unsecured notes...

Long-Term Bonds Stay Rare for HY Market

– Longer-term debt is making a big splash on the investment-grade bond market, but not so in high yield. Low credit quality and market volatility have deterred...

Commercial Banks Dive into Loan Market

– The number of smaller commercial banks buying leveraged loans grew significantly over the first half of the year and will continue to grow as they look to deploy capital...

Debt Offer Puts Focus on Power Sector

– The merger between power companies Mirant and RRI Energy will likely bring nearly $2 billion to the high yield debt markets. But while these companies are viewed positively by investors, the independent power provider (IPP) space is facing serious difficulties...

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