2 Takes On Risky Business: One From Bloomberg + One from Tom Cruise

Your MesaZona blogger is trying "an experiment" to see what works best to attract readers to a story about financial risks and bond buyers . . .

Both use money

What catches your eye?

< This? Or this below from Bloomberg?

 

Risky Business Set to Dominate High-Yield Bond Market in 2018

By Laura Benitez        

‎October‎ ‎23‎, ‎2017‎ ‎4‎:‎48‎ ‎AM

"If 2017 is judged to be the year of big but boring refinancings for the European high-yield market, next year is shaping up to be a different proposition with leveraged buyouts and lower-rated credits expected to drive a bigger share of bond sales.

Yield-hungry investors have embraced the glut of supply in Europe so far this year, helping borrowers secure ultra-low funding costs and negotiate favorable terms on their bond transactions. This has been fueling issuers’ appetite, and may open the door to more LBO-driven activity, as well as supply from "riskier" credits in 2018, bankers have said.

"While in the first six months of this year people were hesitant, we are now starting to see risk appetite increasing with borrowers more confident to take advantage of the market conditions," said Tanneguy de Carne, global head of high-yield capital markets at Societe Generale in London. "We’re telling sponsors and companies that now is the time to think about their financing plans.  

De Carne says this message is now also being directed at triple C plus issuers, "something we couldn’t say so clearly" in the first part of this year. "We’re also sensing that investors are a lot more willing to consider and invest in more aggressive deals, difficult credit and turnaround stories," he said. Double B-rated companies and refinancings continue to represent the bulk of issuance in the high-yield market this year.

"Investors are giving up the upside to many deals slowly as there is a greater need to put money to work," said Azhar Hussain, head of high-yield and leveraged loans team at Royal London Asset Management. "We’re mainly focused on the credit story rather than the terms and covenants, and on that basis we are cherry picking. But in many cases investors who can’t do this are being forced to buy almost everything right now."

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Read more > bloomberg.com

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Tom Cruise risky business dance from YouTube - he started a "home business"

 

Phoenix Suns In-The-News: Firings In The Hoops + Artists Used in A Sneakers PR Stunt

A SNEAKER ART CONjob????
Just a coincidence or not? "Soles of Phoenix" or a flat-footed PR foul using artists?
Here's one story about the 8 foot-tall Gigantic sneakers where artists received a small stipend that was published recently in Phoenix New Times written by Lynn Trimble who describes herself as "an award-winning freelance writer and photographer specializing in arts and culture, including visual and performing arts"
Sneaker Art? Or Sneaker something' else?
". . . Artists got a small stipend for their work, and money to cover materials. They developed their own designs and incorporated elements that reference Suns-related themes. Before artists started painting, the Suns approved the designs. . . "
Blogger note: Please notice the commercial connections using artists: this is a word-for-word extract from the article". . . Every sneaker has signage with artist information and an interactive component. Viewers can use their smart phones to scan codes featured on the signs, then get access to team information and prizes through the Phoenix Suns mobile app. . . "
If you want to read more here's the link >
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/giant-phoenix-suns-sneaker-art-9793960
 

D3 Mesa Councilmember Francisco Heredia: Still Missing?

Even though - after more than 3 weeks after getting newly-appointed and  sworn-in by the Mesa city clerk on September 28 - there's no official image for the entire Mesa City Council that includes him,District 3 representative Francisco Heretic has been quite active on Twitter over the weekend:  
https://twitter.com/MesaAzgov/lists/city-of-mesa

Blogger Note: image from yesterday mesaaz.gov

This is the new District 3 appointed representative on Mesa City Council >>>>


Here's what he posted recently on his Twitter account

Francisco Heredia

@MesaDistrict3

The official City Council twitter account of Councilmember Francisco Heredia, District 3 Councilmember of Mesa, Arizona

644 Tweets

  61 Following

774 Followers

  11 Likes

Out on Sunday meeting with #District3 residentspic.twitter.com/aixHs881VR

5:17 PM - 22 Oct 2017

 

 

Mesa Council Study Session Mon 16 Oct 2017

Item 6A started in 1883 and Mark Freeman wants some history and he gets it from Director of Downtown Transformation Jeff McVey who stumbles quickly through an update on what was a 2.75-acre parcel that's now 3 1/2 acres - NEEDS A ZONING CHANGE to include some townhomes along a short stretch of Pomeroy Street that was just a drive-in to a parking lot for BenU and a 3-story parking garage behind Mesa Supreme Court
WHAT IS IT? 2 new 7-story buildings - watch for some details
Mayor John Giles tunes in with some mumbo jumbo about "vertical/urban" ???

. . . and here's A Conceptual Rendering of what it might look like in an exaggerated perspective rendering of a something they added called "Gateway Park" that looks about three times as big as the real space







D6 Councilmember Kevin Thompson asks a question and gets a reply

• Bill Jabjiniak >  ITEM 7A

 

Mesa City Council Meeting Mon 16 Oct2017

...about 11 minutes and that includes an invocation and some Boy Scouts and, of course the silver-voiced Kevin Christopher rolling through the Consent Agenda real fast ...everyone says aye and that's it! 

 

Pie Dishes The Donald > Liar-in-Chief

Published on Oct 20, 2017

Views: 119,649

Pie has trouble finding the words to describe Trump.
WARNING: Contains Strong Language!

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Chinese-Made 'Electric Fan' 3D Images Wow Social Media

Published on Oct 22, 2017

Views: 357

A video of an "electric fan" that can produce 3D images has wowed netizens around the world on the social media. The electric fan is actually a holographic 3D screen invented by a Chinese company in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. The company's CEO and head of research and development, Zhou Quan, is a recent graduate of Southeast University in Nanjing. The smart holographic 3D screen has four LED bars that make it look like a fan. As the bars rotate, they produce 3D images which can be seen by the naked eye, according to Zhou.

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