Other longer maturities include an issue due 2015 at a price to yield 7.05 percent.

At that price, the 30-year issue yielded about 8.59 percent.

And with whatever mind they had left, the issue between them was one neither could yield.

But these issues don't yield to traditional trade law.

The $755 million five-year issue with a three-year call option will yield 8.80 percent.

As recently as July 1, that issue was yielding 8.40 percent.

The issue will yield 8.125 percent for bonds due 2023.

The issue yielded 8.02 percent Thursday and 8.08 percent a week ago.

The issue yields about 45-hundredths of a percentage point more than six-year Treasury securities.

Other long-term bonds include an issue due 2005 at a price to yield 7.875 percent.