Josyana Joshua

(Bloomberg) -- Companies and governments around the globe spent the past month streaming into debt markets, seizing on declining interest rates

Verizon Communications Inc. has lined up $10 billion of short-term bank funding to help fund its purchase of Frontier Communications Parent Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

(Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co.'s annual interest costs could rise by at least $100 million if its credit rating is cut to junk, adding to its troubles as it navigates stalled union talks and seeks to shore up fresh capital.

Southern Water Ltd. was downgraded to junk status by Moody’s Ratings and warned ratings could drop further in light of the woes facing UK water and sewage companies plus the company’s own weak track record.

The boom in portfolio trading, where investors can buy or sell scores of corporate bonds with just a few clicks of a mouse, is fueling mega trades that were rare in credit markets just a few years ago.

CVS Health Corp. is talking to investors about possibly selling bonds and at the same time said it’s buying back as much as about $3 billion of its notes.

The owner of Coach and Kate Spade brands, Tapestry Inc., is tapping the investment-grade bond market Wednesday, for the first time after being forced to abandon its acquisition of Capri Holdings Ltd.

Josyana Joshua 3 min read In this article (Bloomberg) -- Kroger Co. has become the latest company that may be forced to buy

In 2022, after the Federal Reserve started raising rates at the fastest pace in decades, some blue-chip US companies vowed to start cutting their debt loads. Those days may be over now.