United States

IBM has agreed to buy Curam Software to strengthen its Smarter Cities initiative, a machine-to-machine (M2M), cloud and data analytics program offering improved efficiency and new services... 2011-12-06

US operator Verizon has agreed to pay US$3.6bn for 20MHz of spectrum from joint venture SpectrumCo; consisting of Time Warner Cable, ComCast and Bright House Networks, while applying... 2011-12-05

Clearwire and Sprint Nextel have signed an agreement for US$1.6bn, that will allow the mobile operator access to Clearwire's 4G networks for four years. This has allayed fears that... 2011-12-02

The US dollar-denominated covered bond market has refused to let the US's debt problems drag it down. Indeed, with foreign corporates rushing to market to sell so-called 'yankee' bonds,... 2011-11-29

Conagra has demonstrated that it is sticking with a strategy of expansion within the private label sector by announcing the purchase of US private label firm National Pretzel. The move... 2011-11-25

Following the announcement that Federal Communications Commission (FCC), would move to block the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA, the companies have withdrawn their application... 2011-11-25

American multinational tech giant IBM has inked its largest loan deal since way back in 2007. The firm's US$10.0bn one-tranche revolving credit facility led by banks BNP Paribas ,... 2011-11-23

US private equity (PE) giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has reportedly agreed it's largest-ever acquisition in the oil and gas sector.

An early indication that the US is seeing a slight improvement in bank borrowing conditions once more is shown by the fact that US syndicated loan tenors are lengthening.

The wait is over. After a prolonged market shut down, equity capital markets (ECM) appear to be opening back up once more.