5/17/2023 | BKHY | Moody's assigns Ba1 to Ashland
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11/19/2019 | BKBWHY | Ashland reduces debt by $940 million, lowers leverage to 2.6x in Q4
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4/26/2017 | BKBWHY | Ashland aims to cut post-acquisition debt with free cash flow
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4/17/2017 | HY | Market Commentary: Week ahead looks active; recent Ultra Petroleum, Air Methods mixed; NOVA down after asset purchase
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7/19/2016 | HY | Market Commentary: NRG drives by with upsized $1.25 billion deal; calendar grows; recent issues quiet; Intelsat up, Gibson dives
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7/18/2016 | HY | Market Commentary: Reynolds brings drive-by add-on; recent issues stay firm; energy credits lower
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7/15/2016 | HY | Market Commentary: Cloud Crane prices to cap $3.3 billion week, bonds jump in busy dealings; recent issues hold gains
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7/14/2016 | HY | Market Commentary: Rivers Pittsburgh prices, new deals move up; Cloud Crane on tap; funds jump by $4.3 billion
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7/14/2016 | BKCVDDEMIGPV | Market Commentary: Rivers Pittsburgh prices, new deals move up; Cloud Crane on tap; funds jump by $4.3 billion
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7/13/2016 | HY | Market Commentary: Primary busts loose with $2.73 billion session; new deals trade up; overall market seen easier
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7/13/2016 | BKCVDDEMIGPV | Market Commentary: Primary busts loose with $2.73 billion session; new deals trade up; overall market eases
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7/12/2016 | HY | Market Commentary: International Wire deal prices, calendar keeps building; market stronger, Claire’s dives on projections
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7/12/2016 | BKCVDDEMIGPV | Market Commentary: International Wire deal prices, calendar keeps building; market stronger, Claire’s dives
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7/12/2016 | BK | Moody’s rates Valvoline Finco CFR Ba2, bonds Ba3
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7/12/2016 | BK | Ashland to repay senior credit facility debt with new note offering
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7/11/2016 | BK | Valvoline US enters into $1.33 billion five-year credit agreement
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4/1/2016 | BKHY | S&P raises Ashland notes to BB
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9/23/2015 | BKHY | Moody’s affirms Ashland
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9/22/2015 | BKHY | S&P revises Ashland view to negative
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9/22/2015 | BKBWHY | Ashland plans separation into two publicly traded companies – new Ashland and Valvoline
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8/8/2015 | HY | Market Commentary: Junk primary ends $7 billion week on a quiet note; energy credits again slide as oil drops
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6/24/2015 | BKHY | Moody’s provides Ba1 to Ashland loans
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6/23/2015 | BK | Ashland obtains $1.2 billion revolver, $1.1 billion term loan
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6/23/2015 | HYLM | Ashland expects to buy 92% of its 3% notes in tender, calls remainder
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6/16/2015 | HY | Market Commentary: Upsized Radian Group prices; TI Automotive slates; Ashland plans debt offering; market mixed
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6/16/2015 | BKCVDDEMIGPV | Market Commentary: Upsized Radian Group prices; TI Automotive slates; Ashland plans offering; market mixed
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6/16/2015 | BKHY | S&P assigns Ashland debt BB
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6/16/2015 | BKHY | Ashland to sell $1.1 billion senior unsecured debt for tender offer
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6/16/2015 | HYLM | Ashland begins cash tender offer for $600 million 3% notes due 2016
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9/19/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Air Canada, Sirius XM Radio bring deals; gold, oil names on the rise; Caesars' debt weakens
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6/3/2013 | HYLM | Ashland redeems remaining $78 million 9 1/8% notes due 2017 at 104.563
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3/15/2013 | BK | Ashland gets $1.2 billion unsecured revolver at Libor plus 175 bps
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2/27/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Meritage prices, gains; Associated Asphalt emerges; Global Geophysical Services slide continues
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2/26/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Midday Commentary: Europe high-yield holding in despite noise; Ashland long bonds well bid
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2/25/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: TRW drives by, firms up; Avis, Noranda hitting road to sell deals; JPM conference quiets market
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2/22/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Midday Commentary: Ashland's new 30-year notes outperforming shorter maturities early Friday
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2/22/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Aramark drive-by, Station Casinos price to cap $6.3 billion week; Ashland up, Goodyear busy
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2/21/2013 | HYIG | Ashland launches $2.3 billion four-part offering of senior notes
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2/21/2013 | HYIG | New Issue: Ashland prices $2.3 billion in four tranches of senior notes
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2/21/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Ashland megadeal prices; Clear Channel drives by; Linn, Berry busy; funds off $125 million
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2/20/2013 | BKHY | S&P: Ashland loan, notes BB
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2/20/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Goodyear prices upsized $900 million issue; Ashland launches giant deal as calendar builds
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2/20/2013 | HYIG | Ashland sets price talk in restructured $2.3 billion four-part deal
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2/20/2013 | HYIG | Ashland to sell $2.3 billion notes in four parts Wednesday or Thursday
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2/20/2013 | BK | Ashland plans $1.2 billion unsecured revolver for refinancing
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2/20/2013 | BKHY | Moody's gives Ashland notes Ba1, ups & cuts debt
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8/21/2012 | CAHY | Bond covenants 'loose' under heavy primary action; demand undeterred by poor terms
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8/6/2012 | HY | Market Commentary: SandRidge mega-deal; Constellation, AMD and MarkWest drive by in $3 billion session
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8/3/2012 | HYLM | Ashland gets tenders for 88% of $650 million 9 1/8% notes due 2017
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8/3/2012 | HY | Market Commentary: Quiet day ends $8.58 billion week, most new deals gain; WaveDivision, West for coming week
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8/2/2012 | BKHY | S&P upgrades Ashland, rates notes BB-
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8/2/2012 | BKHY | Moody's rates Ashland notes Ba2
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8/2/2012 | HY | New Issue: Ashland prices $500 million 10-year notes at par to yield 43/4%
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8/2/2012 | HY | Market Commentary: First Data, Steel Dynamics, Host drive-bys lead $3.7 billion session; funds gain $401 million
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7/27/2012 | HYLM | Ashland launches tender offer for $650 million 9.125% notes due 2017
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7/27/2012 | HY | Market Commentary: Pause marks end of $6.4 billion week; new Toys bonds firm, Aurora jumps; McClatchy up on Q2
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10/14/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Emdeon breaks, gains 3 points; Loans, synthetics better; Demand driven by low inventories
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8/23/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: ConvaTec bid rises; U.S. Coal pulls term loan; Web.com reveals additional facility details
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7/12/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Primedia, inVentiv, Ashland break; Reynolds, Dynegy, Stackpole, U.S. Security talk emerges
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7/7/2011 | BK | Ashland upsizes facility to $3.9 billion, trims term loan B pricing
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7/7/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Cellular South, Virtu break; Ashland, Crown, INC Research, inVentiv, Primedia revise deals
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7/1/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Alkermes first- and second-lien loans break; Pro Mach fills out; Ashland allocating soon
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6/29/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Mercury Payment Systems breaks; Norit, PlayCore, Alere, Fasteners, ATI Physical revise deals
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6/17/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Walter Investment, TriMas, Ducommun, Medpace break; Embanet-Compass speeds up deadline
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6/16/2011 | BK | Ashland releases talk on $3.65 billion credit facility with launch
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6/16/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Barbri, Warnaco Group, Univita Health break; Rural/Metro, AMC Networks rework deals
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6/14/2011 | BKCVHY | S&P rates Ashland loans BB
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6/13/2011 | BK | Ashland sets Thursday launch for $3.65 billion credit facility
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6/13/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Mobilitie breaks; Ducommun, API Technologies revise deals; ATI Physical Therapy sets talk
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6/2/2011 | BK | Ashland $3.65 billion credit facility expected to launch this month
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6/1/2011 | BKHY | S&P puts Ashland on watch
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6/1/2011 | BKHY | Moody's may cut Ashland
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5/31/2011 | BK | Ashland plans $3.65 billion facility for International Specialty buy
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5/31/2011 | BK | Market Commentary: Securus, Helm break; ISP rises with acquisition; SRAM reworks deal; Rural/Metro sets talk
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4/5/2011 | BK | Ashland pays down $350 million of loans in connection with asset sale
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11/30/2010 | BKHY | Ashland touts conservative stance, lowers debt by nearly $400 million in fiscal 2010
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11/12/2010 | HY | Moody's: Ashland view positive
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11/12/2010 | BK | Moody's: Asland view positive
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11/11/2010 | CV | Moody's: Ashland view positive
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8/27/2010 | BKHY | S&P: Ashland outlook positive
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4/5/2010 | BKCVHY | S&P rates Ashland loans BBB
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4/1/2010 | BKHY | Moody's rates Ashland loans Baa2
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4/1/2010 | CV | Moody's rates Ashland loan Baa2
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3/31/2010 | BK | Ashland refinances term loans, revolver via new $850 million facility
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3/17/2010 | BKCVHY | Moody's upgrades Ashland
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3/15/2010 | BK | Market Commentary: Fresenius, International Lease break; Lyondell, RE/MAX set price talk; RadNet details emerge
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3/12/2010 | BK | Ashland to launch $800 million pro rata facility via BofA, Scotia
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3/12/2010 | BKCVHY | S&P lifts Ashland
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11/24/2009 | BKCVHY | Moody's ups Ashland outlook to stable
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10/30/2009 | BKHY | S&P puts Ashland on positive watch
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10/28/2009 | BK | Market Commentary: GenTek, Language Line break; Level 3, Ashland dip; Busch launches; Universal Orlando overfills
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7/24/2009 | BKBWHY | Ashland uses cash flow to cut debt by $269 million in third quarter
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7/1/2009 | SP | New Issue: Barclays prices $2 million 19.15% reverse convertibles linked to Ashland
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6/23/2009 | BK | Market Commentary: Huntsman up with settlement; BRSP breaks; Ashland rises; Cumulus gains; QVC tweaks loan
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5/27/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: American Tower, Harrah's, AMC price, deal lifts existing Harrah's; Verso, Virgin, Terex slate
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5/22/2009 | BK | Market Commentary: GM rises with increased belief of par paydown; Ashland holds steady; Capmark delays close
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5/22/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: GMAC gains, ResCap rolls on bailout bucks; primary placid after torrid week, lull in trading
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5/21/2009 | BK | Market Commentary: Graham upsizes rollover amount; Cablevision gets some extensions; Ashland trims OID, breaks
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5/21/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Apria leads six-deal, $2.44 billion day; GMAC, Quiksilver up again; funds gain $368 million
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5/20/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: MarkWest, Hughes price; market awaits Gibson, upsized Apria; GMAC up on aid talk, Hertz gains
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5/20/2009 | BK | Ashland launches funded, but not fully syndicated $1.607 billion loan
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5/19/2009 | HY | New Issue: Ashland upsizes to $650 million, sells eight-year notes at 96.577 to yield 93/4%
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5/19/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: WMG, Ashland lead as deal barrage goes on; Bio-Rad, Ashland up; numbers lift Pilgrim's Pride
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5/15/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Sealy prices as surprise 'sleeper' deal; Regency brings deal too; First Data falls on numbers
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5/14/2009 | BKHY | S&P rates Ashland notes BB-
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5/13/2009 | BK | Ashland to fully repay bridge loan using proceeds from notes offering for $600 million
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5/13/2009 | BKHY | Moody's rates Ashland notes Ba3
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5/13/2009 | HY | Ashland to start roadshow Thursday for $600 million eight-year notes
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5/13/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: MGM up on financing news; Wyndham prices bonds, others slate; Frontier firms on Verizon deal
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4/30/2009 | BKBWHY | Ashland repays $206 million of debt in second quarter, further reductions planned
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12/31/2008 | HY | Outlook 2009: New deals expected to start slow, reach $35 to $55 billion for the year
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11/21/2008 | BKHY | Ashland CEO says bridge facility will be replaced with six-year or less notes if credit markets open
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11/19/2008 | BKHY | Ashland reveals pricing on $1.65 billion credit facility, $750 million bridge loan
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11/17/2008 | HY | Ashland calls Hercules' $250 million 63/4% notes after acquisition closes
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11/14/2008 | BKCVHY | Moody's lowers Ashland, Hercules
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11/14/2008 | BKCVHY | S&P lowers Ashland, Hercules, rates loan BB-
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11/14/2008 | BKHY | Ashland $750 million high-yield bridge funds as merger with Hercules closes
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11/14/2008 | CV | Ashland calls Hercules' 8% convertibles after acquisition completion
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11/13/2008 | SS | Ashland acquires Hercules in cash-and-stock transaction
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11/13/2008 | BK | Market Commentary: Global Tel*Link delays launch; Hanesbrands pulls amendment request; Las Vegas Sands retreats
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11/13/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Nextel knocked lower; Sprint shows some strength; Seabulk sinks; funds gain $157 million on week
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11/12/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Las Vegas Sands jumps on financing plan, despite ratings cut; Nortel, Sprint fall again; autos continue skid
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11/10/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Centennial jumps on AT&T buyout news; Nortel slides, autos down in shortened session; primary calm
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11/5/2008 | SS | Merger of Hercules, Ashland slated to close Nov. 13
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11/5/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Junk holds on even as stocks sink; GMAC little moved despite wider loss; Pinnacle gains on gaming votes
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10/28/2008 | BK | Market Commentary: Portion of Bid-Wanted trades; Hexion/Huntsman meet bank resistance; Ashland still working on loan
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10/28/2008 | SS | Hercules shareholders to decide merger with Ashland on Nov. 5
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10/6/2008 | SS | Merger of Hercules, Ashland approved by European Commission
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10/3/2008 | SS | Gamco, Gabelli continue to invest in Hercules
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10/3/2008 | SS | Hercules shareholders to decide merger with Ashland Nov. 5
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9/29/2008 | BK | Ashland extends commitment deadline for $750 million term loan B due to market conditions
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9/29/2008 | BK | Market Commentary: LCDX drops a point; Fresenius term loan eases below 98 OID; Ashland extends commitments deadline
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9/15/2008 | BK | Market Commentary: Ashland floats OID; Herff Jones postpones launch; Wabtec oversubscribed; Delphi rises; LCDX plummets
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9/12/2008 | BKHY | Moody's rates Ashland loans Ba1, notes Ba3
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9/12/2008 | BKHY | S&P rates Ashland loans BBB-, notes BB-
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9/10/2008 | SS | Ashland, Hercules merger on track to close in November
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9/9/2008 | BK | Ashland sets Monday launch for $1.75 billion credit facility
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9/9/2008 | BK | Market Commentary: SRAM, Web Service tweak deals; JBS, SunGard, Ashland float talk; Masonite, Spirit Aero dip
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9/5/2008 | SS | Gamco, Gabelli buy shares of Hercules ahead of merger with Ashland
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9/3/2008 | BK | Ashland $1.75 billion credit facility launch targeted for Sept. 15 week
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9/2/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Chesapeake Energy up on asset-sale news; Dollar General rises before numbers; MBIA notes keep rising
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8/29/2008 | HY | Ashland expected to offer $750 million senior notes in September
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8/29/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Market in pre-holiday lull; Quiksilver off, Tousa bonds gyrate; Ashland seen as September business
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8/29/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Market in pre-holiday lull; Quiksilver off, Tousa bonds gyrate; Ashland seen as September business
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8/29/2008 | BK | Market Commentary: Primary activity to pick up with Brocade, Landry's, 1-800 Contacts and Invitrogen; all set for Sept. 1 week
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8/26/2008 | BK | Market Commentary: Invitrogen sets Sept. 5 bank meeting for $2.65 billion loan; LCDX 5 bps better as traders pass quiet session
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8/22/2008 | BK | Ashland $1.75 billion credit facility expected as early-to-mid September business
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8/22/2008 | BK | Market Commentary: LCDX inches up with equities; Manitowoc holds firm; Ashland narrows down retail timing
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8/11/2008 | SS | Merger of Ashland, Hercules clears waiting period hurdle
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8/4/2008 | BK | Ashland to launch $1.75 billion facility to SMAs on Tuesday, retail launch expected in September
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7/14/2008 | BKHY | Ashland details $1.95 billion credit facility, $750 million bonds for Hercules purchase
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7/11/2008 | HY | Moody's may lower Ashland
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7/11/2008 | SS | Ashland, Hercules to form global specialty chemical company in merger valued at $3.3 billion
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7/11/2008 | SS | Market Commentary: InBev and Anheuser Busch: Befriending the King of Beers
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7/11/2008 | BKHY | Ashland plans $2.7 billion in bank and bond debt for Hercules purchase
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7/11/2008 | HY | S&P: Ashland on watch
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8/21/2006 | HY | S&P cuts Ashland to junk
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6/20/2006 | HY | S&P: Ashland unaffected
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9/22/2005 | HY | S&P drops Ashland, on watch
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4/29/2005 | HY | Moody's may cut Ashland to junk
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