debt
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From here, Jersey City needs to pay off its debt to the state and persuade residents it’s worth sticking around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Yet chief executive Omar Berrada insists the club can remain competitive while managing its debt and stadium ambitions, arguing United's challenge is to operate sustainably while continuing to compete for major trophies.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
I’d been watching a rerun of the E! show from a bedbug-ridden townhome in Downtown Los Angeles, and earlier that day I grappled with whether I should pay my parking debt or buy a burrito.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
It wasn’t until I got myself into some serious debt that I finally became willing to learn about personal finance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
In fact, in some jurisdictions, individuals may “choose” to go to jail as a way to reduce their debt burdens, a practice that has been challenged as unconstitutional.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The 42-year-old was charged with fraud after authorities liquidated his private bank Banco Master, which left debts worth over $7 billion in its trail.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
The mechanism, introduced by the world's richest countries in 2020, is meant to help struggling nations cancel some of their debts under strict conditions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
One interesting study regarding the legislation’s impact found that it lowered credit card interest rates, but it also prevented some people without health insurance from wiping out their medical debts.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
He said he didn’t inherit Loiczly’s debts thanks to franchise laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Now, with the extension of the mortgage bond market into the affairs of less creditworthy Americans, it found its fuel in the debts of the less solvent half.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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