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Exelon Buys Deere’s Renewables Business

Deere, as planned, exits its wind business as it goes core.

Trico Marine to Restructure Its U.S. Companies

The Delaware filing includes its Cayman Islands holding company but not its other foreign subsidiaries.

Chesapeake Energy Plans $1.6B High Yield Deal

Chesapeake Energy will sell $1.6 billion in new junk bonds to finance tender offer, the Oklahoma City-based natural gas provider said Tuesday.

Tenneco Plans $225M Drive-By

Lake Forest, Ill.-based Tenneco plans to issue $225 million in junk bonds to finance a tender offer, it said Thursday. The deal will likely price in a drive-by offering.

Range Resources Taps High Yield in Drive-By

Range Resources plans to sell $350 million in junk bonds to help refinance existing notes, the natural gas company said Thursday. The notes will likely price in a drive-by offering.

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High Yield Sees More Common Stock

Issuers look to refinance existing debt or pay for acquisitions with convertible debt transactions.

Flush with M&A Cash, Venture Capital Funds Get Busy

The first-quarter pace of U.S. venture capital investment in young companies rose from a year earlier, and industry participants expect the activity to maintain its busy pace the rest of the year.

IPOs Get Done But Many Miss Targets

Many public offerings are not hitting their price targets, but observers say that’s no cause for concern.

Factions Weigh In on Nuclear Loan Guarantees

Critics of a new nuclear loan guarantee program warned a House Oversight Committee panel this week that it would subsidize too-risky investments, while backers claimed the program is critical to nuclear development.

BMO's Aspirations in the U.S. Are Still Alive

BMO Capital Markets, which began a big push into U.S. markets three years ago, has renewed its efforts below the 49th parallel by hiring a senior Lehman Brothers dealmaker.

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