Bond Market Update Headlines

UPDATE 1-Santander, Intesa join euro zone bank funding thaw

* Adds to evidence that ECB cash restoring confidence * Demand for Santander covered bond three times the offer * Monthly bond issuance at highest level since last May (Adds data on January deal issuance ...

UPDATE 1-ECB research - rating downgrades have fed crisis

(Adds comment from S&P) FRANKFURT, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Sovereign creditdowngrades and a rise in bond spreads feed off each other andevery rating cut can push up a troubled country's borrowingcosts by as ...

UPDATE 1-BOJ Yamaguchi warns Japan must get fiscal house in order

* JGB yields low but may suddenly spike -Yamaguchi * Says Japan economy at standstill, outlook uncertain (Adds quotes, details) TAKAMATSU, Japan, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan must get itsfiscal house in order ...

Tesco Plans Investor Call Ahead Of Potential Sterling Bond

Tesco Property Finance has planned to arrange an investor update call ahead of a potential sterling-denominated, benchmark-sized bond, one of the banks arranging the call said Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-U.S. says Credit Suisse traders falsified subprime books

* Two guilty pleas by former Credit Suisse traders * Part of U.S. probe into writedowns mortgage derivatives (Adds details of conduct, Higgs quotes) NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Several former CreditSuisse ...