http://pulse2.com/2009/05/14/microsoft-raises-375-billion-by-selling-bonds-to-investors/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://pulse2.com/2009/05/14/microsoft-raises-375-billion-by-selling-bonds-to-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-26918 May 15, 2009 | next media update Fri, 15 May 2009 21:08:38 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=15361#comment-26918 [...] Microsoft Raises $3.75 Billion By Selling Bonds To Investors PULSE2 Earlier this week, Microsoft Corporation has sold $3.75 billion worth of bonds to their investors. The sale gave investors a small amount of extra yield over Treasury bonds. Microsoft has a credit rating of AAA. This was the first time that the company ever offered a long-term bond offering. Why did Microsoft want to raise all of this extra cash? Perhaps they want to look into more acquisitions. Microsoft said that they wanted to take advantage of good market conditions and their great credit rating. On September 22, 2008 Microsoft’s board of directors authorized an offering of up to $6 billion in debt. Source> [...] [...] Microsoft Raises $3.75 Billion By Selling Bonds To Investors PULSE2 Earlier this week, Microsoft Corporation has sold $3.75 billion worth of bonds to their investors. The sale gave investors a small amount of extra yield over Treasury bonds. Microsoft has a credit rating of AAA. This was the first time that the company ever offered a long-term bond offering. Why did Microsoft want to raise all of this extra cash? Perhaps they want to look into more acquisitions. Microsoft said that they wanted to take advantage of good market conditions and their great credit rating. On September 22, 2008 Microsoft’s board of directors authorized an offering of up to $6 billion in debt. Source> [...]

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