liabilities

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He said the business would have ran out of cash in April had it not been for a £10m loan from Modella and a deferral in liabilities including a large tax bill from HMRC.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

In terms over BP’s overall liabilities, which includes debt, leases and hybrids, this figure is closer to $56 billion but around $30 billion would be more appropriate, they write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

He also worries about persistent liabilities tied to cleaning up so-called forever chemicals, PFAS, which 3M once produced and have been found in water supplies. 3M has reserved billions of dollars for cleanup.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Debt and lease liabilities rose 68% in the last quarter to $162 billion, and the company has another $261 billion in lease liabilities that hadn’t commenced as of February.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Indeed, Dobzhansky recognized that natural variation was a vital reservoir for an organism—an asset that far outweighed its liabilities.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee