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--Lew Dickey, Cumulus Media ceo and chairman, about his company's decision to purchase Susquehanna Radio in anticipation of industry consolidation.

Loan portfolio managers who operate sideline credit derivative portfolios are desperate to find ways to tackle red ink in their profit-and-loss.

Repricings are feeling the weight of investor pushback. Last week Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse were forced to rework Warner Chilcott after investors balked at a 50 basis points cut.

Two borrowers will receive financing under one deal to back Cumulus Media Partner's $1.2 billion acquisition of Susquehanna Radio.

This chart, provided by Citigroup Global Markets, tracks bid-ask prices for par credit facilities that trade in the secondary market.

Rotech Healthcare's bonds plummeted 11 points to 92 after the company said its revenues could be hurt by a new Medicare reimbursement rate for a drug called budesonide, an ingredient in Rhinocort Aqua nasal spray.

General Growth Properties tried to reprice its $2 billion of bank debt directly with investors without the help of its banks.

The following charts show the top five advancers and decliners in terms of % moves in the loan, bond and credit default swap markets for the previous week.

Tim Collins, director in equity derivatives at Merrill Lynch in New York, has left the firm.

LRI Luxembourg, a subsidiary of German commercial bank Landesbank Rheinland Pfalz, has invested in a series of synthetic notes and will also manage the underlying reference portfolio.

Farzin Pourmokhtar, head of product management at The Royal Bank of Scotland in London, has quit the firm after nine months.

U.K. regulators may require the disclosure of equity derivatives positions in corporations in addition to the current cash position disclosure requirement.