July 2, 2009 – Just days after pulling the deal off the primary market, Bank of America has syndicated a $500 million term loan B for QVC to a group of investors...
July 2, 2009 – Four companies started July off by issuing a total of $1.46 billion in high yield bonds Wednesday. And another company plans to price $275 million today...
July 2, 2009 – Crabtree & Evelyn has filed for bankruptcy, citing debt pressures and the decline in consumer spending as reasons behind its Chapter 11 filing in New York...
It's hard to see itespecially with the myriad examples of incompetence and corruption and just plain stupidity, especially with the New York State Senate making a mockery of the political system with its Cirque du Squabble...
July 1, 2009 – Citigroup is shopping a $250 million term loan B for Terra-Gen Power, a New York renewable energy company focused on geothermal, wind and solar power...
July 1, 2009 – Imagine a lender somewhere rocking out to The Whos Wont Get Fooled Again. That person is probably thinking back to the covenant-lite era, when borrowers...
July 1, 2009 – Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications was one of the many companies to successfully issue bonds in June. What distinguishes the New York-based company from its peers is the fact that the intercreditor agreement puts the bondholders at a disadvantage to the companys secured loan holders...
June 30, 2009 – In a stretched economy, it's easy to see the tightrope many unions walk. In its most basic form, a 'successful' union negotiation yields few concessions, and seizes as many benefits and as much remuneration for workers as possible...
June 30, 2009 – Consumers may be cutting back on their spending, but Joe Six-pack, as his name implies, isn't about to give up his Yuengling lager...
June 25, 2009 – The leveraged loan markets mood at the half-year mark is warmer than it was at the end of 2008, but market participants nevertheless expect coolness to set in...
June 25, 2009 – New junk bonds are pricing again, and that alone makes the first half of 2009 a good six months. The second quarter in particular brought a big wave of new issues. Bankers and portfolio managers welcome the uptick and the adjustment in spreads, but few think that pace can be sustained...
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