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Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Raises $315.8 Million, Starts Trading on the NYSE [Press Release]
Business Wire | 8 hours 46 minutes ago
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) announced today that pricing has been completed for its initial public offering. The Fund raised approximately $315.8 million in its common stock offering, assuming full exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, which may or may not occur. Its shares began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GDO.”

JohnsonDiversey and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Announce Closing of Equity Investment and Company Recapitalization [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 hours 10 minutes ago
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”) today announced the completion of a previously announced agreement under which CD&R-managed funds are investing $477 million for an approximate 46 percent equity interest in the company as part of a broader recapitalization transaction valued at $2.6 billion.

Fitch Upgrades Citigroup's Individual Rating to 'D/E'; Rating Watch to Positive [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 9 hours 38 minutes ago
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Citigroup Inc.'s (Citi) Individual Rating to 'D/E' from 'E' and placed this rating on Rating Watch Positive. Fitch has also revised the Rating Watch on Citi's 'B' trust preferred rating to Positive from Negative. A full list of ratings follows this release.

Medidata Solutions Files Registration Statement for Public Offering of Common Stock [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 10 hours 31 minutes ago
Medidata Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDSO), a leading global provider of hosted clinical development solutions, today announced that it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 4.5 million shares of common stock of the company. The shares are being offered by certain stockholders of the company, including funds affiliated with Insight Venture Partners. Medidata Solutions will not receive any of the proceeds from the intended off...

Fitch Rates Citigroup Trust II-R Series 1125 ROCs & ROLs [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 6 hours 37 minutes ago
Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'AA/F1+' to the Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Trust II-R series 1125 reset option certificates (ROCs) and a rating of 'AA' to the series 1125 reset option longs (ROLs). The long-term 'AA' rating is based on the rating that Fitch has assigned to the South Carolina Public Service Authority, revenue obligations, series 2009 tax-exempt series E, deposited into the trust. The short-term 'F1+' rating is based on the shortfall liquidity agreement guaranteed by Citi...

Starwood Announces Early Tender Results of its Cash Tender Offer for up to $300,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of Certain of its Outstanding Notes [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 7 hours 48 minutes ago
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), today announced that, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 19, 2009 (the “Early Tender Date”), $193,652,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7⅞% Senior Notes due 2012 (CUSIP No. 85590AAD6/U85650AB2) (the “2012 Notes”) and $132,107,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6¼% Senior Notes due 2013 (CUSIP No. 85590AAK0) (the “2013 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”) have been tendered and not validly withdrawn i...

CNA Financial Prices $350 Million Offering of Senior Notes [Press Release]
Business Wire | 15 days 2 hours 25 minutes ago
CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE: CNA) today announced that it has priced $350 million aggregate principal amount of 7.35% ten-year senior notes in a public offering underwritten by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. The notes were offered at 99.887% of the principal amount with a yield to maturity of 7.366%. CNA expects the offering to close on November 13, 2009.

FINRA Fines Citigroup $600,000 for Failing to Supervise Tax-Related Stock Transactions [Press Release]
Business Wire | 43 days 6 hours 54 minutes ago
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has fined Citigroup Global Markets Inc. $600,000 and censured the firm for failing to supervise complex trading strategies designed in part to minimize potential tax liabilities. The firm also failed to report to an exchange trades executed under these strategies and to adequately monitor Bloomberg messages.

TD AMERITRADE Announces Pricing of $1.25 Billion Senior Notes Offering [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 3 hours 10 minutes ago
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) announced today that it has agreed to sell the following in an underwritten public offering:

7 Days Group Holdings Limited Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering of its American Depositary Shares [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 4 days 3 hours 45 minutes ago
GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- 7 Days Group Holdings Limited ("7 Days Group" or the "Company")

Eastman Announces Offering of $250 Million 5.5% Notes due 2019 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 27 days 1 hour 15 minutes ago
Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced the public offering of $250 million 10-year notes due 2019 with a coupon of 5.5%. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc. are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering.

Starwood Prices $250 Million Debt Offering [Press Release]
Business Wire | 18 days 23 hours 54 minutes ago
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $250 million of 7.150% Senior Notes due 2019. The notes were offered to the public at a price of 97.559% of principal amount.

Starwood to Offer Senior Notes Due 2019 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 6 hours 59 minutes ago
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 10-year senior notes through an underwritten public offering.

TC PipeLines, LP Announces Offering of 5 Million Common Units [Press Release]
MarketWire | 11 days 20 hours 22 minutes ago
OMAHA, NEBRASKA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/12/09 -- TC PipeLines, LP (the Partnership) (NASDAQ: TCLP) today announced the commencement of an offering of 5,000,000 common units to a syndicate of underwriters led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank who will act as joint book-running managers of the offering. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any.