Corporate Finance

• Corporate Cash Balances Still Growing, but Slowly

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 7, 2013

  AFP survey shows lowest year-over-year growth ever in corporate cash balances.

• Congress Pressures Swaps Regulators to Curb Dodd-Frank

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 7, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee to vote today on measures to ease derivatives requirements.

• Business Loans Lead Credit Thaw, Fed Says

  By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Survey shows pickup in demand for commercial loans.

• Buffett Says No to Corporate Bonds

  By Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Current yields are too low, says Berkshire Hathaway chairman.

• JPMorgan Shareholders Urged to Split Chairman, CEO Role

  By Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Advisory firm also recommends against re-election of some members of the bank board's risk committee.

• Tech Companies Dominate Bond Sales This Week

  By Sarika Gangar, Bloomberg  |  May 3, 2013

  Apple and IBM lead issuance of $43 billion of corporate bonds.

• Buffett Bets on Business Insurance

  By Zachary Tracer, Bloomberg  |  May 3, 2013

  Berkshire Hathaway hires four AIG executives.

• Apple Avoids $9.2 Bln in Taxes with Bond Deal

  By Peter Burrows, Bloomberg  |  May 3, 2013

  Company would have paid 35% tax to repatriate overseas cash.

• SEC Plan Gives Exemptions to Swap Dealers’ Overseas Branches

  By Silla Brush and Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  May 2, 2013

  U.S. regulators face pressure to limit the international reach of swaps rules.

• J.C. Penney Offers to Buy Back Bonds

  By David Holley, Bloomberg  |  May 1, 2013

  Retailer may need to sweeten its offer for bonds that could restrict its debt load, analyst says.