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Andrew Rahl, head of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice group at Anderson Kill & Olick and a counsel to the bondholders and trade-claims holders, on Judge John Fullam's decision to grant substantive consolidation in the bankruptcy case of Owens Corning.

Lehman Brothers is advising traditional long-only credit investors who have shied away from using credit-default swaps to consider the market now, as a way to lock in high-grade corporate bond profits as bonus season and year-end approaches.

Trevor Stewart Burton & Jacobsen will move $100 million from short-term agencies to long-term agencies, said Alan Kral, managing director and portfolio manager of $475 million in fixed income in New York.

Most people would be happy with playoff tickets around now, but Mark Attanasio, high-yield cio for TCW Group is going a lot further.

Stronger-than-expected increases in this week's industrial production index and retail sales could lead to a sell-off in the bond market, according to Richard Yamarone, chief economist at Argus Research, an independent equity research firm.

This chart, provided by Citigroup Global Markets, tracks bid-ask prices for par credit facilities that trade in the secondary market. It also tracks facility amounts, ratings, pricing and maturities.

The Bond Market Association is planning to finalize guidelines that call for more rapid delivery of securities and greater transparency in repurchasing agreement (repo) trading.

The Department of the Treasury is fast approaching the nearly $7.4 trillion legal limit on its debt placed by Congress, and will soon suspend issuance of State and Local Government Series (SLGS) and fall back on creative accounting to continue government funding.

As if buying coal, steel and textile companies was not too time consuming, Wilbur Ross is now planning on marrying New York socialite Hilary Geary.

Bill Doughty, v.p. and senior portfolio manager at Huntington Asset Advisors, on the recent news regarding Fannie Mae and why he is considering his holdings of the government-sponsored enterprise's agency debt.

The Bond Market Association's collateralized debt obligation library is proving a tough sell, as firms are filing documents on fewer than half of this year's deals.