Bond Sales Smash Record in Q1

Low borrowing costs elicit $430 bln of corporate issuance.

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Heineken NV, the biggest Dutch brewer, and baker Flowers Foods Inc. tapped the U.S. bond market for the first time as sales soared to a record $430 billion in the first three months of 2012.

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