Bloomberg has the latest on the financing of Emdeon's pending $3 billion buyout. Private equity titan Blackstone has told investors it has set the interest rate on a $1.2 billion term loan at the low end of its previous range. That move, Bloomberg says, will save the Nashville-based health care transaction intermediary some $3 million in interest per year.

Separately, Emdeon on Friday sold $375 million of debt yielding 11 percent in a private placement.