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Tenet wants to buy back $1B in senior notes
Tenet Healthcare Corp. seems to think it has a chance of selling $1 billion worth of bonds, despite the still-reeling bond market. The company has made an offer to repurchase up to $1 billion in... Read more...
Case study: NC hospital system launches bond offering
A North Carolina hospital system has set plans to sell up to $175 million in tax-free bonds, a move that could signal a slight easing of the paralyzed bond market. The system, Raleigh-based WakeMed,... Read more...
Fitch changes not-for-profit hospital outlook to negative
As the recession deepens, Fitch has changed its outlook for the not-for-profit hospital sector to negative, from a previous status of stable. Fitch noted that the recession has hit hardest on... Read more...
Fitch delays ratings changes given economic turmoil
A few months ago, Fitch Ratings released a report that said that ratings scales for tax-supported water- and sewer-revenue bonds would be revised, and that public finance sectors like healthcare were... Read more...
Market crash, bailout struggle add to healthcare borrower fears
It was already a pretty hostile environment in which to be a healthcare borrower, even before the recent, spectacular Read more...
Credit problems continue to squeeze not-for-profits
Wouldn't it be nice if the financial markets took their medicine and calmed down quickly after a debacle like the subprime mortgage crisis? Sadly, that's not how things work, as the latest credit... Read more...
