News tagged with debt
Financial restructuring in fresh-start chapter 11 reorganizations
Nov 30, 2009 |
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The effectiveness of the existing bankruptcy code has long been a source of vigorous debate. More and more lately, high-profile firms like General Motors, Enron, and K-Mart are seeking protection from creditors through Chapter ...
Study: Credit crisis, debt load a double whammy for investment
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found.
FairPoint phone company files for bankruptcy
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Telecommunications services provider FairPoint Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday after agreeing on a deal with key lenders that will help lower its debt by about 62 percent.
Net helps businesses beat recession
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The internet is one innovation helping small business bosses deal with strategic decision-making and survive the current recession, according to results revealed by the latest UK Business Barometer and Business Adviser Barometer ...
Dell eyes tech services with $3.9B deal for Perot
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Dell Inc. plans to buy the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it tries to expand beyond the PC business and compete more aggressively with Hewlett-Packard Co. ...
Thomson says it has reached deal with creditors
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Struggling French media technology group Thomson said Friday it had reached a deal with its creditors that would allow for a 45 percent reduction in its debt.
Cuts to rewards plans unlikely to hurt credit card use, study shows
Jul 20, 2009 |
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What would happen if credit card holders no longer received rewards? Not much - but it could cut consumer credit card debt, says a new study on the impact of rewards programs on credit and debit card use.
Microsoft to raise $3.75B in first debt offering
May 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. priced a $3.75 billion debt offering on Monday, a first for the world's largest software maker.
Microsoft bond issue sparks takeover rumors
May 11, 2009 |
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Microsoft launched its first bond issue on Monday, sparking rumors the US software giant was contemplating a takeover bid.
Delving into the murky metrics of financial risk
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The way J. Michael Collins sees it, United States consumers aren’t necessarily less informed about financial risk than consumers from other industrialized nations. What Americans do have, ...
