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Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans

Banks are getting ready to sell billions of dollars in debt borrowed by Elon Musk’s X, bringing Wall Street a step closer to exiting the nerve-racking deal that financed the social-media company’s buyout. Morgan Stanley bankers have reached out to investors ahead…

A giant US hospital chain says it’s leading the fight against medical debt. Not all patients agree

Advocate Health, one of America’s largest hospital chains, says it is working hard to confront one of the biggest problems in US healthcare today – promoting itself as “a leader in the effort to solve the nation’s medical debt crisis”. The non-profit…

Four Defining Themes in Corporate Restructuring in 2024

Corporate bankruptcies rose sharply in 2024, driven by high interest rates and lingering pandemic-era debt. As many as 686 companies filed for bankruptcy as of Dec. 23, the most for any year since 2010, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.…

Here are 12 well-known companies that went bankrupt in 2024

New YorkCNN —  This year was brutal for a number of well-known companies and their bottom lines. As inflation continued to rear its ugly head, consumers slashed their discretionary spending, tilting some companies to file for bankruptcy. Other brands fell victim…

Credit card debt hits record $1.17 trillion, New York Fed research shows

Collectively, Americans now owe a record $1.17 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit card balances rose by $24 billion in the third quarter of 2024 and are…

28% of credit card users are still paying off last year’s holiday debt. How to get this season’s tab under control

For some shoppers, the upcoming holiday season may lead to significant credit card debt. Meanwhile, some people are still paying off debt from last year’s gift buying. In fact, 28% of shoppers who used credit cards have not paid off the presents they…

FTX creditors will make money on bankruptcy: $1.19 for every dollar

Almost all of the creditors of failed crypto company FTX will end up profiting from the money they put into the exchange, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Monday. Nearly two years after FTX spiraled into bankruptcy, a Delaware judge approved the…

J&J subsidiary files for bankruptcy to advance $8 billion talc settlement

A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary filed for bankruptcy for a third time on Friday as the healthcare giant seeks to advance an approximately $8 billion proposed settlement that would end tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company’s baby powder and…

Americans are drowning in credit card debt. Trump’s proposed cap on interest rates probably won’t help

New YorkCNN —  It’s easy to see why many Americans would welcome former President Donald Trump’s proposal to cap credit card interest rates at less than half their current level — even if only temporarily. At $1.14 trillion, Americans’ credit card debt is…

Credit card debt hits record $1.14 trillion, New York Fed research shows

Collectively, Americans now owe a record $1.14 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit card balances rose by $27 billion in the second quarter of 2024, a 5.8%…