Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Verizon, Sprint Lead Record Month for U.S. Bonds

Sales of corporate bonds in the U.S. reached an all-time high this month, with phone companies Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Sprint Corp. (S) leading offerings of about $193.7 billion.
Verizon issued $49 billion on Sept. 11 in the biggest corporate bond deal ever while Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint raised $6.5 billion on Sept. 4 in the largest high-yield sale since 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Offerings broke the previous monthly record of $177.3 billion set in September 2012.Read More:

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