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When businesses fall behind, MCA funders often employ Uniform Commercial Code lien notices, asking customers owing money to a business in default to pay funders instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The cost of default protection for large AI companies has risen in recent days as investors worry about future profitability of the tech companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
If none of the above scenarios can be negotiated, the default outcome would be new elections.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Kalshi is instituting a default monthly deposit limit of $2,500 for 18- to 20-year-olds in its prediction market.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Within a few months, Lippmann’s credit default swap position had to be marked down by $30 million.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Google's omnipresent search engine now defaults to AI summaries of a person's query, and that hit the number of advertisements it was able to sell during the quarter.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Broadcom provided financial guarantees to protect lenders from losses in the event that Anthropic defaults on the loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Call it a sign of the times: A JPMorgan analyst is looking into the exposure banks will have if CoreWeave defaults on its debts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
This could set off a cascade of data-center halts and debt defaults, even as token demand increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
A mortgage created in early 2005 might have a two-year “fixed” rate of 6 percent that, in 2007, would jump to 11 percent and provoke a wave of defaults.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Officials are implementing new repayment plans, getting rid of old ones and reportedly preparing to restart debt collection on defaulted student loans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
A few minutes later the Russian was defaulted, as he had to be, under rules that bar a player from "hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly, or with negligent disregard of the consequences."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Radford Studio Center, which sold for $1.85 billion in 2021, was seized by lenders after its previous owner defaulted on its debt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Who borrowed money to buy a house and defaulted inside of twelve months?
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Two years ago, again at Wimbledon, it appeared officials were considering defaulting Medvedev for an outburst towards umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Plans also call for eliminating teacher-student staff ratios, defaulting caps to the licensing requirements of each state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The bonds are investment grade, first and foremost, so the risk of issuers defaulting is relatively low.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Terekhova said in an interview that the attacks have put her business at risk of defaulting on its loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
It would probably be a lot easier for me to go over to her house...but again, my mind is defaulting to relying on Fiona for help.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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