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M & A Tue Mar 3, 2009 @ 3:03pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- TARZANA, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fortune Market Media, Inc. (Pink Sheets: FTMK - News) announced today that it has made an unsolicited binding offer to purchase all outstanding Bonds of GPM - owner of Yellow Pages Israel, and majority sh.. Read More

M & A Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 6:05pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche Holding's issuance of $16 billion in investment-grade bonds Thursday is the latest indication of a revival in the corporate bond market. "It speaks to the success of some of the government plans," said Joh.. Read More

M & A Thu Feb 19, 2009 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche Holding's issuance of $16 billion in investment-grade bonds Thursday is the latest indication of a revival in the corporate bond market. "It speaks to the success of some of the government plans," said Joh.. Read More

M & A Tue Feb 3, 2009 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Asset Premier Bond Fund, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "WEA," announced today that the Board of Trustees of the Fund has approved Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.. Read More

M & A Fri Nov 28, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eaton Vance Insured Florida Plus Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE Alternext US: EIF), a closed-end management investment company sponsored and managed by Eaton Vance Management, announced that its merger into Eaton Vance Insured Municipa.. Read More

M & A Mon Nov 24, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A recent ratings downgrade for Assured Guaranty Ltd. and its affiliates will make it difficult for the bond insurer to generate new business, a Deutsche Bank analyst said. Moody's Investors Service made the ratings cuts late Frida.. Read More

M & A Fri Nov 14, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. said Friday it will buy the insurance business of Financial Security Assurance Holdings Co. from Belgian-French financial services group Dexia SA for $722 million. Under terms of the deal, which.. Read More

M & A Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- First Marblehead Corp. will not be able to raise as much money from an investment by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. because of the turmoil in the bond market and the bankruptcy of a crucial partner, the student loan services provider said Thurs.. Read More

M & A Wed Mar 5, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc (NYSE:ABK - News) said on Wednesday it plans to sell at least $1.5 billion of stock and convertible securities, to help preserve the top-tier credit ratings critical for its main insurance busin.. Read More

M & A Sat Feb 16, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - FGIC Corp, a bond insurer that has lost its top credit ratings, has told New York regulators it wants to split into two companies, a spokesman for the state insurance regulator said on Friday. The move is the latest step in the resc.. Read More

M & A Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street finished mostly higher Tuesday after billionaire investor Warren Buffett offered to help out troubled bond insurers, easing some of the market's concerns about further deterioration in the credit markets. The Dow Jones industr.. Read More

M & A Sat Dec 29, 2007 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Town governments, school districts and other municipalities looking to borrow money got a new option Friday when trying to insure their bonds: billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Buffett's formation of a bond insurance company provided.. Read More