Virgin Media astonishes as HY buyers supply £2.3bn in two days

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Virgin Media astonishes as HY buyers supply £2.3bn in two days

Liberty Global has pulled it off. By Thursday evening, the US cable investment group had raised £2.3bn-equivalent of high yield bonds off the balance sheet of Virgin Media, the UK cable TV, phone and internet group it hopes to take over. Deal talks had only been revealed on Tuesday.

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