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Reading Tea Leaves – And Ripple Effects – Of Corporate Default Risk  

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The scenario comes to mind in the wake of news that default probability risk is increasing among companies owned by private equity firms. The Wall Street Journal reports that such risk is 2.5 That estimation comes from analytics firm Credit Benchmark. times greater than what is seen with public companies.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Expansions, Partnerships And Reorganizations

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John Cronin, an analyst at Goodbody’s, told the Financial Times that by using banking partnerships, Amazon could “significantly extend” its SMB lending platform, “without any associated credit risk of regulatory obligations (in the context of capital and liquidity and so forth).”.