Auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. said it made a major payment on outstanding bonds by a Tuesday deadline, avoiding a default that had threatened to send the company into bankruptcy protection.

Bond insurer MBIA has reported a sharply narrower loss for the fourth quarter, as its net premiums written increased 10 percent and it posted fewer investment losses.

A judge has set bond at $55 million for a man charged in the 1997 stabbings of his ex-girlfriend and her friend at Wright State University in Ohio.

Bond insurer MBIA Inc. said Wednesday it will create a new company to handle guaranteeing public finance debt as it looks to revitalize a business that was dragged down by the company’s riskier operations.

Prosecutors have identified a previously undisclosed witness who they say she saw Barry Bonds’ personal trainer inject him. In a court filing Friday, prosecutors said they will call Bonds’ former personal shopper Kathy Hoskins to tell the jury that she sa

It might take discounted prices and near double-digit interest rates, but companies are finding buyers for their junk bonds.

A federal judge overseeing Barry Bonds’ criminal case says she’ll likely exclude from trial three positive drug tests, though she’s inclined to keep a recorded conversation between Bonds’ personal trainer and former personal assistant discussing steroid u

The court documents unsealed by a federal judge Wednesday in the government’s criminal case against Barry Bonds included the results of 26 blood and urine tests. Prosecutors contend five are positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Three of the results w

Corporate bond yields are high and investors have been snapping up some of the best buying opportunites in decades. But individuals who aren’t inclined to bank on a single company’s health may prefer to purchase corporate bonds through mutual funds.

Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he does not “aspire to become Missouri’s oldest senator.”