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The article discusses challenges facing Citgo Petroleum Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA). Topics discussed include the possible seizure of Citgo by creditors and other businesses if PDVSA fails to make payment on its 2020 bonds, refineries and gasoline stations owned by Citgo in the U.S., and the call on President Donald Trump to take actions to prevent Citgo's splitting.

The article discusses the consequences of the U.S. Federal Reserve's (Fed) interest rate reversal in 2019. Topics discussed include how the Fed's decision helped halt and partly reverse December 2018's stock sell-off, stress in the market for corporate bonds in December 2018 and implications of the rising value of the dollar.

The article reports that prices for government and corporate bonds in China have slumped in December 2016. Topics mentioned include the decision of the government to temporarily restrain some trading and make emergency loans to struggling financial institutions, the decision of the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates, and Beijing's efforts to wring excess money from its financial system.

The article discusses the influence of low interest rates in the U.S. on companies' increasing efforts to sell corporate bonds in order to raise funds as of September 11, 2013. Topics addressed include telecommunications company Verizon's sale of bonds to finance a buy out of telecommunications company Vodafone's stake of its shares, and the role of low financing costs in encouraging mergers and acquisitions.

The article discusses the implications of technology company Apple's decision to borrow money through corporate bonds in order to issue shareholder payouts, highlighting Apple and other corporations strategies to avoid paying taxes. Topics addressed include corporate tax policies in Great Britain and the U.S., companies' pursuit of offshore investment in order to avoid paying taxes on profits in the United States, and possible policies to encourage companies to pay taxes in the U.S.

The article offers business news briefs on topics including the first major corporate bonds issued by Argentinian bank Banco Hipotecario in the international markets, the housing production rate in the U.S., and a projected economic growth in Japan in 2016.

Several tables and charts related to economics in the U.S. are presented including the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, 52-week total returns of corporate bond, and manufacturing index as economic indicator.

Several charts are presented depicting market trends in the U.S. in 2013 including the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, Nasdaq Composite and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Trace Corporate Bond Data.

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve announced an unconventional plan on Wednesday to reduce borrowing costs for businesses and consumers, trying once more to spur economic growth despite urgings from Republicans that it refrain from any expansion of its stimulus program. The Fed said that it would invest $400 billion in long-term Treasury securities over the next nine months, using money raised by selling its holdings of short-term federal debt, in an attempt to drive down interest rates on mortgage loans, corporate bonds and other forms of credit. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Jim Casey remembers the fast times when Michael R. Milken ruled Wall Street as the billionaire king of junk bonds. But now even those heady days of the 1980s, when Mr. Milken played kingmaker and rainmaker in the great takeover wars of that era, seem a little tame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ARE the credit markets showing some signs of revival? At first glance, it appears that the answer is yes, at least for high-quality corporate borrowers. The volume of investment-grade corporate bonds issued in Europe and Asia in the first three months of this year was the highest ever for any quarter, while in the United States the total fell just short of the record. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that data from the U.S. Treasury Department show that foreign investors put $42.5 billion in American stocks and $68.6 billion in American corporate bonds and $42.5 billion in May 2007. The data show that American companies are becoming more popular in overseas. The article offers two charts and two graphs that depict net purchases of U.S. bonds and stocks by foreign investors.