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According to TikTok’s website, minors’ accounts are set to “private” by default, though they can adjust their settings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rounding out the 15 states with the highest default rates are Alaska, Arizona, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico and Nevada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
California fares better than most states, with the 36th highest default rate among states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"The default," says Foster, "is almost certainly not a single block."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
How does Greg Lippmann even know I own this giant pile of credit default swaps?
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Another wave of defaults could be on the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Under existing laws, banks have to maintain safe underwriting practices to protect against systemic defaults and their own failure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
That would hamper investment and expansion for stronger borrowers and potentially trigger defaults in weaker ones, such as software companies facing replacement by artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Private credit faces rising defaults, while junk bonds returned 2% with roughly 7% yields.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
As it turned out, Lippmann had a new problem: U.S. house prices were falling, subprime loan defaults were rising, yet subprime mortgage bonds somehow held firm, as did the price of insuring them.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Since then, the number of defaulted borrowers has exploded from 5.3 million to around 9.5 million, according to data from the Office of Federal Student Aid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
As England goalkeeper Pickford collected the ball, Mora defaulted to returning to his natural position, failing to close the gap.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Instead, they increasingly defaulted to reading the words themselves.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
The bank had lent to a private-credit-fund-linked special purpose vehicle which had on-lent to the defaulted borrower.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
In August it leapt to 25.44 percent, and by the end of the year it stood at 37.7 percent—more than a third of the pool of borrowers had defaulted on their loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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In the wake of the 2007-09 recession, the Caesars Entertainment casino empire came close to defaulting on more than $25 billion in debt, and an unusually vicious corporate bankruptcy fight began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Starting in June 2025, with the pause having ended nine months prior, borrowers began defaulting again for the first time since the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
This shows you your financial account history but does not give you a credit score, which is the risk assessment that lenders use to assess your chances of defaulting.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
Two large private-credit loans, including software maker Medallia’s $3 billion debt, are defaulting, ratcheting up losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Very quickly, however, the new derivatives became tools for speculation: A lot of people wanted to make bets on the likelihood of GE’s defaulting.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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