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Nokia Oyj’s tendency to burn through cash faster than any of its rivals is putting bondholders at risk even after the smartphone maker bolstered its balance sheet by skipping a dividend for the first time in 143 years.
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Dish Network Corp. has amassed a record amount of cash through bond sales as the second-largest U.S. satellite-television provider seeks to expand into the wireless business to offset a decline in its core customer base.
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The cost to protect against losses on Dish Network Corp. debt jumped on speculation that the satellite-television company may be considering a bid for T- Mobile USA.
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Bonds of Clearwire Corp., the company Standard & Poor’s says will run out of cash in 2012, are approaching levels consistent with an impending default as partner Sprint Nextel Corp. strikes a deal with a competitor.
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The cost to protect debt issued by Expedia Inc. surged after the biggest online travel agency by revenue said it will split into two businesses, giving investors a chance to own shares in its fast-growing TripAdvisor unit.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. debt is the riskiest in a decade relative to Dell Inc. as Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman struggles to transform the world’s largest computer maker in an age of tablets and smartphones.
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Oracle Corp ., the world’s second- largest software maker, sold $3.25 billion of bonds in two parts in its first offering in more than a year and the biggest debt sale by a nonfinancial borrower in 13 weeks.
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Viacom Inc. , the owner of MTV Networks and the Paramount Pictures film studio, will start paying a dividend for the first time and buy back as much as $4 billion in stock as the advertising market recovers.
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. , the chipmaker partly owned by Blackstone Group LP, plans to raise $1.15 billion in what would be the biggest initial share sale by a U.S. technology company since Google Inc. went public in 2004.
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Credit-default swaps on News Corp. are the highest on record relative to its media peers as Standard & Poor’s says it may cut the publisher’s bond rating because of risks associated with the phone-hacking scandal.
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