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The article reports that a $300 million bond offering from securities company MF Global Holdings Ltd. includes a provision specifying that investors will be paid an additional 1% interest if MF Global chief executive Jon Corzine leaves the firm to accept a U.S. presidential appointment before July 1, 2013. Corzine is a former governor of New Jersey, and it is unknown if he intends to return to public service.

The article reports that companies led by Coca-Cola Co. were able to sell high-grade bonds in the U.S. on August 3, 2011, which were not discouraged by the near record low levels of the average yield on investment-grade bonds.

The article reports that risk premiums on investment-grade bonds reached 1.55 percentage points over Treasurys on June 21, 2011 driven by rising concern about U.S. economic growth and Greek debt problems.

The article reports a drop in corporate bond issuance as of June 19, 2011 as evidenced by the 4.77 billion U.S. dollars of investment-grade new issues that were sold as investors showed concerns about risk.

The article reports on the slowest pace of investment-grade U.S. corporate bond issuance in the week ended June 10, 2011 amidst low demand due to risk concerns among buyers and issuers.

The article reports that U.S. Treasury prices have been boosted by fund managers' buying activity at the end of April 2011.

The article reports on the 1.5-billion U.S. dollar asset-backed bond issue from Ford Motor Credit Co. called Ford Upgrade Exchange Linked Notes (FUEL).

The article reports on the sale of 206 billion U.S. dollars of Yankee bonds in 2011 as foreign borrowers tapped U.S. investors at a record rate in the first quarter, according to data provider Dealogic.

The article reports on the decision of companies to suspend bond sales as of March 20, 2011, which resulted in nearly 75 percent drop in the volume of high-grade debt issuance amid uncertainty about Japan's crisis and Middle East turmoil.

The article reports on the confidence of U.S. fund managers on the ability of Japan to recover from the devastating effects of the March 2011 8.9-magnitude earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis and are advising clients not to withdraw capital from Japan.

The article reports on the slowdown in the issuance of corporate bonds on March 10, 2011, which is attributed to reluctance on the part of investors to accept some terms offered by borrowers.

This article reports that American Airlines Inc. has been selling senior-secured bonds via a private offering in a bid to boost its finances as increasing oil prices deplete the cash airlines have on hand.

The article presents updates on credit markets, including a report from Dealogic, which indicates that oil and gas companies will be issuing a record amount of debt in 2011.

The article reports that the average junk-bond yield dropped to 6.976% for the first time in almost 6 years.

This article reports on the burst in merger activity in the investment-grade bond markets such as E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.'s bid to acquire Danisco A/S for 5.8 billion dollars and acquisition of Progress Energy Inc. by Duke Energy Corp.

The article reports on the completion of investment-grade transactions in the credit market amounting to nearly 18-billion U.S. dollar from various companies, which is led by the floating-rate bonds from GE Capital, Berkshire Hathaway and the corporate debt of Allegheny Technologies.

The article reports that 1.5-billion U.S. dollars worth of senior unsecured notes were sold by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., which include 10-year bonds, fixed-rate debt and floating-rate notes.

The article reports on the impact of Europe's debt problems and growing tensions in Korea on corporate credit markets, including Performance Food Group, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. and Ship Finance International.

The article reports on the inflow of investment-grade bonds from U.S. companies which took advantage of low interest rates, investor demand and robust earnings.

This article reports on the sale of a corporate bond by online auction company eBay Inc. in October 2010.

The article reports on the sale by the financial services company Citigroup of five-year notes worth 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in a self-led deal in the U.S.

The article reports on the recovery in the corporate-bond market in the U.S. in which 10 borrowers offered new supply in lower interest rates worth close to 12 billion dollars.

The article reports on the sale of senior unsecured notes by the Royal Bank of Scotland in Great Britain on November 20, 2009. The senior unsecured notes were sold at a combined sum of 7 billion U.S. dollars and were guaranteed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. The rating agency Moody's Investors Service gave the offerings an Aaa rating while Standard & Poor's Ratings Services provided a Triple-A rating.

The article reports that the Belgian brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide led the issuance of over 10 billion U.S. dollars in bonds on October 13, 2009. The company sold a total of 5.5 billion dollars of notes in the high-grade market. The proceeds from the deal have been allocated for the refinancing of its debt resulting from its acquisition of Anheuser-Busch in 2008. Other companies also attempted to raise funds in the high-grade market.

The article reports on the decision of Oracle Corp. to sell $45. billion of bonds in three parts. It will be jointly handled by lead managers Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Wachovia. The bond offering comprised of $1.5 billion of five-year notes priced at par to yield 3.75% at a 1.20 percentage point spread over Treasurys. The company aims to raise funds to finance its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc.

The article reports on a combined $5 billion raised by Citigroup Inc. units Citibank and Citigroup Funding Inc. through the sale of government-backed debt. Citibank sold $1.75 billion of two-year fixed rate notes while Citigroup Funding issued $1.75 billion of three-year-fixed rate notes. According to data provider Dealogic, Citigroup has tapped the program of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 13 times since it began in 2008.

The article reports on the pricing set by Merck for its 4.25 billion of notes in four parts through several bookrunners in 2009. These bookrunners in the Merck deal include Citigroup, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Chase and Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The first, $1.25 billion part is priced at 99.976 and will mature on June 30, 2011. Moody's Investors Service has rated all parts with Aa3 while Standard & Poors gave double-a-minus.

The article reports on the possible negative effect of the increasing number of junk bonds being sold due to continued demand from investors and low interest rates, as of November 17, 2010.

The article reports on the decline in U.S. Treasury prices following the release of a multipronged bailout package designed to support euro-zone countries with debt problems in which the two-year note was down 2/32 while the 10-year note fell by 29/32 on May 10, 2010.

The article reports that several U.S. corporations have accessed credit markets in advance of cessation by the U.S. Federal Reserve of its Treasury-bond purchasing program in June 2011. The author notes that some firms fear interest rates could rise after that. Drug company Johnson & Johnson and technology firm Texas Instruments Inc. are among companies that have raised cash through debt sales.