Friday, January 28, 2011

Turkey Cancels Sale of 2020 Bonds as Yields Surge - Businessweek

"Turkey Cancels Sale of 2020 Bonds as Yields Surge
January 28, 2011, 12:27 PM EST

By Steve Bryant

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Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey canceled plans to sell fixed- rate bonds maturing 2020, replacing them with floating-rate notes, as yields soar on concern political unrest in the Arab world will exacerbate the country’s record trade gap."

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