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  • Npower said customers who tried to leave its fixed-term variable-rate tariffs should not be charged a fee.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Rosie Murray-West 2011

  • The board also said the commission should scrap an exemption that allows floating-rate securities known as variable-rate demand obligations to be sold without official offering statements.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Its variable-rate bonds sold in 2004 now carry an interest rate of 3%, up from 1%.

    Euro Jitters Ricochet Across U.S. Michael Corkery 2011

  • Based on a typical variable-rate buy-to-let mortgage charging four percentage points over the base rate and a loan worth 70% of the property's value, a landlord might make a 4.6% after-tax return—a premium to 10-year gilts.

    U.K. Buy-to-Let's Improbable Comeback Renée Schultes 2011

  • Dexia backs about $1.6 billion of the city's $13.1 billion variable-rate bonds, used to finance everything from schools to water pipes.

    Euro Jitters Ricochet Across U.S. Michael Corkery 2011

  • Dexia backstops more than $10 billion of variable-rate municipal bonds through letters of credit or standby purchase agreements, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and some issuers of those bonds are facing higher borrowing costs amid worries about Dexia's ability to make good on those promises.

    Municipal-Bond Prices Fall as Issuance Swells Michael Aneiro 2011

  • Dexia backs about $1.6 billion of the city's $13.1 billion variable-rate bonds, used to finance everything from schools to water pipes.

    Euro Jitters Ricochet Across U.S. Michael Corkery 2011

  • The ECB further said Monday it will drain €219.5 billion Tuesday from the market at a variable-rate tender with a maximum bid rate of 1.00%, up slightly from last week's €219 billion.

    ECB Keeps Bond Buys at Low Levels Margit Feher 2012

  • Its variable-rate bonds sold in 2004 now carry an interest rate of 3%, up from 1%.

    Euro Jitters Ricochet Across U.S. Michael Corkery 2011

  • Also variable-rate debt is a small part of the municipal-bond market.

    Municipal-Bond Prices Fall as Issuance Swells Michael Aneiro 2011

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