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• JPMorgan Sells Debt at Record Low U.S. Borrowing Cost

  By Matt Robinson and Sarika Gangar, Bloomberg  |  January 18, 2013

  Successful bond issue suggests investors have forgotten bank’s huge trading loss.

• VW Selling First European Corporate Bonds of 2013

  By Katie Linsell, Bloomberg  |  January 7, 2013

  European corporates' spread to government debt is narrowest since April 2008.

• Bernanke Strikes Yen Blow

  By Masaki Kondo, Mariko Ishikawa and Shigeki Nozawa, Bloomberg  |  January 7, 2013

  Japanese currency hits 2½-year against the dollar on possibility Fed will end bond purchases this year.

• Ford Issues $2 Billion of Bonds

  By Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  January 3, 2013

  Proceeds of automaker’s first 30-year sale since 1999 in part go to fund pension plan.

• Fourth-Quarter M&A Surge Spurs Optimism

  By Aaron Kirchfeld and Serena Saitto, Bloomberg  |  December 27, 2012

  Late pickup salvages otherwise lackluster year for takeovers.

• Ratings Downgrades Fastest Since ’09

  By Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  December 26, 2012

  Economic slowdown, record borrowing erode credit quality.

• Bank Deposits Surge $2 Trillion More Than Loans

  By Charles Mead and Dakin Campbell, Bloomberg  |  December 19, 2012

  Slack borrowing demand and tighter lending standards lead to imbalance.

• Dubai Mega-Project Dreams Evoke 2008 Crash for Banks: Mortgages

  By Zainab Fattah and Stefania Bianchi, Bloomberg  |  December 17, 2012

  Banks still wary about desert kingdom's reform, but projects are finding investors.

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  EBAM Reaches the Starting Line

  By Richard Gamble  |  December 14, 2012

  Multibank electronic bank account management is finally going into production, banks and vendors say.

• Budget Talks May Go Past Holiday, Lawmakers Warn

  By Lisa Lerer, Bloomberg  |  December 13, 2012

  White House, congressional staff face a not-so-jolly holiday at their desks.