With the company having recently promised to use up the $31B remaining on its $40B buyback authorization by the end of 2016, Microsoft (MSFT +0.4%) is tapping debt markets again, offering both floating-rate notes and multiple tranches of fixed-rate notes.The prospectus doesn't provide an offering size or maturity dates, but Reutersreports $7B worth of debt is expected to be sold, https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/564814756482412544!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); in orders have been taken in, and that maturities range from 5 to 40 years. Read More..