Moody's Investors Service, Inc

• Nasdaq Risks Credit Rating to Expand With ESpeed

  By Nandini Sukumar, Nina Mehta and Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg  |  April 2, 2013

  Acquisition of Treasuries trading platform moves exchange operator into new asset class.

• Leveraged Loan Gains Smallest Since 2008

  By Christine Idzelis, Bloomberg  |  March 28, 2013

  Fed and other regulators are warning the market may be frothy.

• LBOs Imperil U.S. Company Bonds

  By Sridhar Natarajan, Bloomberg  |  March 15, 2013

  Many securities lack safeguards to allow creditors to sell debt back to issuer in case of a merger.

• AMR Bankruptcy Yields Record-Low Bond Coupon

  By Charles Mead and Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg  |  March 14, 2013

  Some of airline's enhanced equipment trust certificates pay just 4%.

• U.S. Corporate Bond Sales Decline

  By Sarika Gangar, Bloomberg  |  March 8, 2013

  Week's issuance of about $25 bln was down from $35.2 bln last week.

• Berkshire Deal to Boost Heinz Leverage

  By Mary Childs, Bloomberg  |  February 22, 2013

  Acquisition may strip the food company of its investment-grade rating.

• M&A Surges Amid Growing Confidence

  By Lee Spears, Jodi Xu and Jeffrey McCracken, Bloomberg  |  February 15, 2013

  Transaction volume has grown 27% so far this year.

• Strong U.S. Debt Sales Push Out Maturity Wall

  By Christine Idzelis, Bloomberg  |  February 7, 2013

  Peak year for maturing junk bonds has moved to 2017 from 2016, Moody’s says.

• BlackRock Faults Homogeneous Sovereign Debt Ratings

  By Sebastian Boyd and Ye Xie, Bloomberg  |  December 21, 2012

  Money manager uses its own analysis to assess country risk.

• TXU Bond Plunge Reaps $450 Mln Windfall

  By Charles Mead and Mark Chediak, Bloomberg  |  December 11, 2012

  Company gets better deal on exchange offer after securities sell off on tax disclosure.