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  • BB&T Capital Markets, a securities house that recently started a high-yield business, is looking to expand its high-yield research and sales efforts by hiring an analyst and a handful of salesmen for its new office in Red Bank, N.J.
  • The credit facilities backing a dividend recapitalization for Oriental Trading Co., a portfolio company of Brentwood Associates, have been well oversubscribed, leading to a $30 million increase in the proposed dividend from $100 million.
  • Pricing on the deal for Rainbow Media Holdings is being recirculated to investors after the credit was oversubscribed. Investors jumped onboard despite concerns over accounting irregularities.
  • Credit Suisse First Boston and Scotia Capital are leading the refinancing of Weight Watchers International's $500 million credit facility. The facility is comprised of a five-year, $250 million revolver and a six-year, $250 million "B" loan.
  • More than $3 billion in bank debt has been churned up recently to drive a trend of private equity firms buying portfolio companies from each other.
  • Pricing was adjusted on Sensus Metering Systems' $340 million credit facility after Moody's Investors Service gave the facility a B2 rating.
  • Goldman Sachs and UBS have added an eight-and-a-half year, $140 million senior unsecured floating-rate note to the financing backing Thomas H. Lee Partners' $1.1 billion acquisition of Simmons Co. from Fenway Partners.
  • J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank launched syndication last week for an $855 million facility refinancing Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group's (DPSUBG) debt.
  • BondWeek is the leading news publication for fixed-income professionals, covering new deals, structures, asset-backed securities, industry and market activity.