1.   Also, utilities are big bond issuers, so rising yields makes it more expensive for them to raise money.

2.   And what usually is bad news for a bond issuer -- a canceled sale -- turned out to be fortuitous for Nomura.

3.   And they face one of the most audacious claims by a bond issuer ever.

4.   At the same time, bond issuers searching for inexpensive sources of financing have turned to Japan, where interest rates are among the lowest in the world.

5.   A counterpart can offer cheap funding to bond issuers because the income from the government bond is higher than they have to pay out on the swap.

6.   A lower rating generally means that a bond issuer must pay higher interest.

7.   Corporate bond issuers continue to take advantage of the lower borrowing costs.

8.   Ferber also advised other Massachusetts bond issuers.

9.   Half of the settlement will go to the state, with the remainder divided among bond issuers.

10.   In some cases, a bond issuer will pay a credit rating agency for an analysis of the debt it wants to sell.