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Ben says he's reached an agreement to pause the interest on most of it, but he is still incurring charges on around £2,000 of credit card debt and is worried about his repayments going up.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
But the drop in income left him reliant on credit cards and personal loans for everyday living expenses and he is now £52,000 in debt.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Meanwhile, well-capitalized banks kept credit flowing and the central bank—which had roughly $237 billion in foreign-exchange reserves as of September—stepped in to steady financial markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Keeping a trim rating on the stock, Lead tells clients in a note that higher credit impairment charges were the largest driver of the lender’s second-half earnings miss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
In 1998, AIG FP entered the new market for corporate credit default swaps: It sold insurance to banks against the risk of defaults by huge numbers of investment-grade public corporations.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Lin, who is also a professor in the university's College of Arts and Science, credits Mizzou's collaborative research environment with helping advance discoveries like these.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
The credits roll, and we see him talking in the background, silently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
On incomes above that, you don’t pay Social Security tax because you don’t get any more Social Security credits.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
He credits the women for their bravery during what has been at times a "deeply uncomfortable" process.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
And he never insulted me by offering to loan me a few credits.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Typically, to commit to a school, a student pays a nonrefundable deposit of a few hundred dollars, later credited toward tuition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Hundreds of residents of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky facing starvation and constant bombardment were able to evacuate during a six-day ceasefire, which both Moscow and Kyiv credited Trump with brokering.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Company CEO Jim Anderson credited growing demand and manufacturing scale for the earnings beat.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
CEO Alex Karp in a note Monday credited the gains to businesses wanting more control over their AI use instead of relying on AI labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
He also became known as the most assiduous and creative hunter of new elements in history, credited with the discovery or codiscovery of twelve transuranics.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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It handily beat estimates while crediting AI investments for its rosy outlook.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Being a leader means crediting others when things go well, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
On Monday, Washington posted a tribute to comedian Reggie McFadden, crediting the “In Living Color” actor with introducing him to his wife more than 30 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ms. Townsend later posted the footage, crediting Ms. McMillan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
My own emotions were suspended till interrogations had obtained a knowledge of her reasons for crediting this fatal event, and till she had explained the time and manner of her death.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
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