U.S. Stocks Drop, Giving S&P 500 Worst Weekly Loss Since 2002; Alcoa Falls

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks tumbled, giving the
Standard & Poor's 500 Index its steepest weekly drop in 4 1/2
years, after turmoil among borrowers prompted investors to flee
riskier assets.

The S&P 500 lost the most since September 2002, while the
Dow Jones Industrial Average's weekly slump was the biggest since
March 2003. Chrysler and Alliance Boots Plc failed to find buyers
for $20 billion of buyout loans, fueling concern the engine that
drove stocks to all-time highs -- a record pace of takeovers --
will sputter.


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Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Delay KKR Boots Loan Sale to Next Week, People Say

(Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase &
Co. and six more banks delayed selling 1.75 billion pounds ($3.6
billion) of Alliance Boots Plc loans until next week, bankers
involved in the deal said.

The underwriters extended today's deadline for investors to
buy the loans as the benchmark index for leveraged loans fell to
the lowest in at least nine months, said the bankers who
declined to be identified because the information is private.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s bankers canceled plans earlier
this week to raise 5 billion pounds of lower-yielding senior
loans for Boots after investors snubbed the deal.


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KKR May Increase Interest on Alliance Boots LBO Debt, Default Swaps Show

(Bloomberg) -- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. may be
forced to offer higher interest to investors on 9 billion pounds
($18.5 billion) of loans to finance the buyout of U.K. pharmacist
Alliance Boots Plc, according to traders of credit-default swaps.

Investors are shunning high-yield debt as losses in U.S.
subprime mortgages roil corporate bonds and loans. The tougher
conditions forced KKR to cancel this week a 1 billion-euro ($1.4
billion) financing for Dutch retailer Maxeda NV. The New York-
based buyout firm delayed a $3 billion sale of debt last month to
acquire catering company U.S. Foodservice in Columbia, Maryland.


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KKR Cancels $1.4 Billion Sale of Loans to Refinace Maxeda Leveraged Buyout

(Bloomberg) -- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
canceled plans to sell 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of loans
for Dutch home-improvement retailer Maxeda BV because of market
volatility.

The deal is the third to be postponed or restructured by
KKR in as many weeks as losses from the U.S. subprime mortgage
rout reduce investor demand for risky debt. The New York-based
buyout firm is trying to raise 9 billion pounds ($18 billion)
this week to finance its takeover of Nottingham, England-based
drugstore chain Alliance Boots Plc.


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