
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 11, 1990                   TAG: 9007110153
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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GOVERNMENT BONDS SOLD TO AID BAILOUT

The government sold $5 billion of 30-year bonds Tuesday to help finance its bailout of the savings and loan industry.

The bonds were sold at an average yield of 8.93 percent and will carry a coupon interest rate of 8 7/8 percent, with a $10,000 bond selling for $9,942.70.

- Associated Press

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