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• Women Break Through as Boards Welcome Non-CEOs

  By Jeff Green, Bloomberg  |  April 6, 2013

  Companies from Nike to Honeywell are adding women directors.

• Wal-Mart Bonds Fly Off Shelf

  By Charles Mead, Bloomberg  |  April 5, 2013

  Three-year tranche of $5 bln offering came at the narrowest spread this year.

• J.C. Penney CEO’s Compensation Slashed

  By James Callan and Renee Dudley, Bloomberg  |  April 3, 2013

  Johnson earned $1.89 mln last year, down from $53.3 mln in 2011.

• Leveraged Loan Gains Smallest Since 2008

  By Christine Idzelis, Bloomberg  |  March 28, 2013

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

• GE Bonus Plan Could Encourage Deal-Making

  By Tim Catts, Bloomberg  |  March 26, 2013

  New incentive pay plan gives Immelt motive to tap NBC cash for deals.

• U.S. Companies Are Hiring

  By Rich Miller and Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  March 25, 2013

  Payrolls vault to higher pace for companies from Ford to Geico.

• Economists Don’t See U.S. Debt as a Crisis

  By David J. Lynch, Bloomberg  |  March 22, 2013

  U.S. growth is picking up despite the federal deficit.

• Apple Seen Boosting Dividend More Than 50%

  By Karl Baker and Adam Satariano, Bloomberg  |  March 18, 2013

  Company could reveal plans as it nears anniversary of last year’s news of dividend reinstatement.

• 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%.