Wave of Financial Stress Hits Low-Rated Companies

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More low-rated firms across different industries are facing financial distress, heightening fears of an economic downturn

An array of business challenges are hitting low-rated companies across the U.S. economy, driving selling in the bottom tier of the corporate-debt market that contrasts with gains in stocks and other riskier assets.

In recent months, consumer demands for wireless phones and high-speed internet have helped push one landline telecom company, Windstream Holdings Inc., into bankruptcy protection and another, Frontier Communications Corp., into restructuring talks with its creditors.

 

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There's no financial distress, it's not being able to scale to meet to demand. I had no debt closing my business and was in this category. My problem was finding labor to meet demand and slow cash flow thanks to recession era billing & deposit cycles with financial institutions.

Stop paying the executive far more money than they deserve!!

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