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Co. headquarters, center, in New York.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankers Prep Up to €2 Billion Debt for DSM Animal Nutrition Unit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/bankers-prep-up-to-2-billion-debt-for-dsm-animal-nutrition-unit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/bankers-prep-up-to-2-billion-debt-for-dsm-animal-nutrition-unit</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Ruckin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:29:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citi, Barclays Among Banks Backing Advent Buyout of Reckitt Unit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/citi-barclays-among-banks-backing-advent-buyout-of-reckitt-unit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/citi-barclays-among-banks-backing-advent-buyout-of-reckitt-unit</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Ruckin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:46:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itZN3WU.DC4g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itZN3WU.DC4g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bottles of Dettol liquid handwash move along a conveyor on a production line at a Reckitt Benckiser Plc production facility.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Equity Cuts Leveraged Loan Banks Out of M&A — and Fees]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/private-equity-cuts-leveraged-loan-banks-out-of-m-a-and-fees</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/private-equity-cuts-leveraged-loan-banks-out-of-m-a-and-fees</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Ruckin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:58:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKdeYX52moL0/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKdeYX52moL0/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banks Ready €2.4 Billion Debt Package for Stonepeak’s IFCO Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/banks-ready-2-4-billion-debt-package-for-stonepeak-s-ifco-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/banks-ready-2-4-billion-debt-package-for-stonepeak-s-ifco-deal</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Ruckin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:51:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banks Are Bringing Boots $4.25 Billion Buyout Debt to Market]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/banks-start-to-bring-boots-4-25-billion-buyout-debt-to-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/banks-start-to-bring-boots-4-25-billion-buyout-debt-to-market</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Abhinav Ramnarayan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:51:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWQ3q194xbaY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWQ3q194xbaY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: Members of the public walk past a branch of Boots the chemist on Oxford Street on August 6, 2014 in London, England. 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