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Byline: Patrick McGee If 2010 was the year of Build America Bonds, what should 2011 be known as? So far the themes are simple: issuers don't want to issue and [...]

Byline: Allison Bisbey Colter After a rough second quarter, bond underwriting is starting to pick up again with the help of reduced volatility and strong corporate earnings, though equity issuance [...]

Byline: Michael Scarchilli The municipal market was firmer yesterday, lagging a Treasury rally, as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power priced $616 million of taxable Build America Bonds. [...]

The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes rose this week amid light trading in the secondary market, as a flood of issuance in the new-issue market captured participants' attention and focus. [...]

Like other companies that tapped Europe's high-yield bond market this year, Hamilton, Bermuda's television company Central European Media Enterprises needed to refinance a portion of its bank debt. The success [...]

The pace of downgrades and defaults in the world of corporate debt may have slowed, but market observers warn that there are more investment-grade companies ready for the junk pile [...]

Double-barrel bond deals have staged a comeback in the high-yield market, a sign that investors are hungry for yield and issuers are eager to diversify their sources of funding. Much [...]

While credit quality is improving, as evidenced by the slowing pace of downgrades and defaults, there are still many more investment-grade companies likely to join the junk pile than companies [...]

Most of The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes rose this week, as several weeks of permeating market firmness began to reverse and some weakness appeared. 'It's full speed ahead until [...]

For much of this year, issuers have flocked to high-yield bonds like migrating birds fleeing the frigid leverage loan market. As a result, some loan investors began crossing over, investing [...]

SAN FRANCISCO - Like a patron at a Las Vegas buffet, the airport that serves the city is sampling a variety of the bond provisions enacted in this year's federal [...]

The municipal market was unchanged yesterday, as trading in the secondary market remained somewhat quiet, and interest in the primary market waned with the lion's share of this week's sizeable [...]

SAN FRANCISCO - Despite a boost from two massive California deals, municipal bond issuance in the Far West was down 3.7% in the first half of 2009, compared to the [...]

Byline: Michael Scarchilli As the market continued to digest Wednesday's first public offerings of Build America Bonds, municipals showed continued strength with yields dipping three to five basis points. Leading [...]

Byline: Michael Scarchilli The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes declined as the municipal market firmed up in nearly all sessions due to strong retail demand and the first two deals [...]