Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam talks with head coach Rob
Chudzinski Associated Press    By maintaining low rates, the Fed
has limited returns from investments like Treasury bonds and
investment-grade corporate debt. That has sent troves of
investors into more risky deals in search of higher returns.
Among the deals investors have flocked to in recent years: a
variety in which companies take on new debt in order to fund big
payouts to their owners. They're controversial because unlike
many credit deals, the proceeds aren't used to refinance more
expensive debt or expand businesses.  But for titans of
industry, these so-called dividend recapitalizations offer a
convenient way to extract cash from companies in order to, say,
fund the purchase of a sports franchise.  That is what Haslam
did. He and CVC Capital Partners, which own Pilot Travel Centers
LLC, were the recipients of about $1.7 billion from a pair of
debt deals sold to investors in 2011 and 2012. Most of the money
went to Haslam, who is the truck