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Trouble with Financing the Verso-NewPage Acquisition

Just 22 days after announcing its plans to acquire NewsPage Holdings, Verso Paper is facing some trouble pulling together the financing for the deal. What does Verso’s latest announcement mean? Will the deal still move forward? Capstone CEO David Braun and Managing Director John Dearing analyze the latest developments in the Memphis Business Journal. Read …

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Apple Borrows Cash

Yesterday, Apple sold $17 billion in debt offering to investors, the largest corporate-bond deal in history. Apple’s first debt-offering in over 20 years is part of its plan to return $100 billion to shareholders by the end of 2015. This plan is a response to pressure put on Apple to use their excess cash hoard …

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