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  • Credit Suisse First Boston is launching a $460 million bank deal to back a $398 million dividend to the private-equity owners of Lake Las Vegas Joint Venture-Ron Boeddeker and Bass Holdings.
  • The acquisition of BT Alex Brown by Deutsche Bank led to the departures of Chris Howe, a director in sales and Mary Ellen O' Malley, a director in syndications.
  • Homebuilding companies are significantly increasing their revolving credit lines in order to sustain big year-on-year gains.
  • Investors are reacting positively to the bank debt backing First Reserve Corp.'s $1.25 billion acquisition of Dresser Rand Co. from Ingersoll Rand Co. Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and UBS launched the deal last Monday, with a $295 million seven-year "B" loan being offered at LIBOR plus 2 1/2% and a $100 million euro tranche priced at LIBOR plus 2 3/4%.
  • Bank of New York launched syndication last Wednesday for a $75 million credit backing LeCroy Corp.'s $81 million acquisition of Computer Access Technology Corp.
  • UBS is in the market with bank deals backing JLL Partners' leveraged buyout of CHI Overhead Door and the $768 million acquisition of Horizon Natural Resources Company by International Coal Group.
  • Brendan Lavelle, managing director in charge of interest-rate swaps and U.S. government trading at Morgan Stanley, has joined UBS Principal Finance as managing director in the interest-rate trading group.
  • Mark Rasimas, portfolio manager and trader at U.S. Trust in New York, has joined Wells Capital Management. Rasimas said he will work in a similar role as an asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities analyst and trader.
  • Ares Capital is acquiring a $150 million portfolio of senior secured loans, mezzanine debt and equity coinvestments from Royal Bank of Canada.