Corporate Finance

• SEC Weighs Cross-Border Swap Rules

  By Dave Michaels and Silla Brush  |  May 1, 2013

  Regulators face calls to limit the rules’ international reach.

• Apple Raises $17 Billion in Bond Market

  By Charles Mead and Sarika Gangar, Bloomberg  |  April 30, 2013

  Largest corporate bond sale on record helps company avoid repatriation taxes.

• Apple Plans Six-Part Bond Sale

  By Charles Mead and Sarika Gangar, Bloomberg  |  April 30, 2013

  Company’s first offering since 1996 could total as much as $20 bln, trader says.

• J.C. Penney Gets $1.75 Bln Loan from Goldman

  By Matt Townsend, Bloomberg  |  April 29, 2013

  CEO raises some prices as he works to stabilize retailer’s finances.

• Microsoft Pays Higher Rate on Latest Debt Issue

  By Charles Mead, Bloomberg  |  April 29, 2013

  Company seen trying to beat Apple to market.

• SEC Enforcement Focus Shifts to Dodd-Frank Compliance

  By Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg  |  April 26, 2013

  SEC’s Canellos cites new derivatives regulations.

• Euro-Dollar Trades Help UPS Cover TNT Breakup Fee

  By Mary Jane Credeur and John Detrixhe, Bloomberg  |  April 26, 2013

  Profit on trades related to proposed purchase offset the fee UPS paid when regulators blocked the deal.

• Libor Must Shift to Market-Pricing System, Say U.S. Regulators

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  April 26, 2013

  FSOC says benchmark rates should be ‘anchored in observable transactions.’

• Corporate Bond Prices Approach Record

  By John Glover, Bloomberg  |  April 25, 2013

  As investors pile in in search of yield, bonds’ sensitivity to rate changes jumps.

• Microsoft Debuts Euro Bond

  By Katie Linsell, Bloomberg  |  April 25, 2013

  LVMH, Nestle also issue euro-denominated bonds to take advantage of record-low rates