Sentences with phrase «termed long term debt»

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Wesfarmers has received a boost, with Moody's upgrading its issuer and senior unsecured long term debt rating from Baa1 (positive) to A3 (stable).

A closer look at Market Basket's operations under Arthur T. Demoulas suggests that its industry - beating 7.2 percent operating margins in 2012, cited by the Boston Business Journal, derive from six secrets: long - term employee relationships, low overhead, bulk purchasing, low prices, no debt and treating employees and customers like family.

It held more than $ 11 billion in long - term debt on its balance sheet by the end of 2017.

But he points to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer released earlier this year showing that, since 2009, the debt service ratio — a measure of income spent to pay debt — has remained steady at around 14 per cent, not much higher than the long - term average.

Moody's maintained Ontario's Aa2 issuer and Aa2 senior unsecured long - term debt ratings despite the change in outlook.

In the May agreement, Greece's creditors agreed to find short, medium and long - term debt relief measures.

Even though our activities are likely to result in a lower national debt over the long term, I sometimes hear the complaint that the Federal Reserve is enabling bad fiscal policy by keeping interest rates very low and thereby making it cheaper for the federal government to borrow.

But after spending three years making minimum payments, it became clear that unless I got aggressive, my debt could potentially throw a wrench in my long - term saving goals.

It was millions of dollars in debt, with little hope for long - term recovery.

The national debt is about $ 13 trillion, so adding 10 % to it with a «helicopter drop» is not going to change the long - term debt problem much.

Debt to equity for the first quarter of 2018 was 199 % compared with 191 % at year - end 2017, and just below Ryder's long - term target range of 200 % to 250 %.

Net debt - Short - term debt, short - term debt to affiliates, long - term debt (excluding tower obligations), and long - term debt to affiliates, less cash and cash equivalents.

And at a time of political uncertainly and rising U.S. government debt, where the long - term viability of pillars of retirement - age financial security like Medicare and Social Security is increasingly in doubt, the urgency of preparing for a long post-career life becomes that much greater.

On the calls, which took place Monday, Amazon didn't offer many clues into its longer - term strategy for the Whole Foods acquisition, which Brill said is a bit unusual given that the company is using debt to fund it.

That debt also has long - term consequences.

Apple's long - term debt has grown to almost $ 100 billion over the past few years partly because it needs a source of funds to buy back stock and pay dividends.

If you want to survive, he advises avoiding the following: taking on too much debt, becoming overly dependent on one customer, making a mess of a major IT project, signing a costly / long - term property lease, or forgetting your customers.

«Thus we will continue to add long - term debt as needed to finance our expansion of original content, including in Q2» 17.»

Courtney Pratt, a former Toronto Hydro executive, took over in January 2004, and Stelco quickly filed for creditor protection with $ 545 million in long - term debt and a $ 1.3 - billion pension hole.

Add long - term debt and owner's equity together from the liabilities half of the sheet.

An unmanageable load of personal debt can create a long - term nightmare.

Earlier this week rating agency Standard and Poor's changed its U.S. long - term debt outlook to «stable» from «negative,» despite the concrete prospect of more showdowns on fiscal policy.

For instance, under recent scrutiny are negotiable certificates of deposits (NCD), a kind of short - term bond, and niche products like perpetual notes, a long - term debt instrument that can be listed as equity rather than debt on balance sheets.

«We refinanced our debt, de-leveraged our balance sheet and locked in long - term debt capital at current historically low rates,» he said in the company's 2014 annual report.

It's important to note that short - term debt relief is not without long - term pitfalls.

The question is becoming more important by the day since it carries over $ 5 billion in long - term debt.

While Rodgers acknowledged Penney has significant financial constraints (it has $ 5.3 billion in long term debt), he is still making modest investments on a few essential things.

(To help support its content habit, Netflix has raised long - term debt, closing a $ 1.5 billion borrowing round last year.)

Longer - term financing contracts, and the resulting increase in consumer debt, also meant more owners were «underwater» — that is, they owed more on their loans than their cars were worth.

The basic problem is that during each recession, governments increase their debt load to stimulate the economy and maintain (or even increase) services, but rarely cut back on their debt loads or services during the prosperous times — creating a long - term upward trend in indebtedness that Tony Boeckh of The Boeckh Investment Letter calls the «debt supercycle.»

The company recently reported updated long - term debt of about $ 4.8 billion, most of which has been generated from its burgeoning portfolio of original content, according to the most recent quarterly earnings call in July.

Provide long - term working capital for operational expenses or to purchase inventory Short - term working capital, including seasonal financing and exporting Purchase equipment, machinery, furniture, fixtures, supplies or materials Buy land or to purchase, build or renovate an existing building Expand an existing business Refinance debt (under certain conditions)

The company has $ 9.5 billion in long - term debt and some experts are wondering if Tesla will be able to pay all of its bills because of the repeated losses.

This would not only mean high, long - term debt - servicing - costs, it could also challenge the U.S.'s credit worthiness.

Other researchers have also studied the impact of student debt on long - term financial health and reached similarly troubling conclusions.

The deal, which is still making its way through Congress after an eleventh hour push from party bigs, has three main components: It immediately raises the debt ceiling, includes around $ 2.1 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years, and creates a special Congressional committee to come up with long term deficit - reduction suggestions by this Thanksgiving.

Despite the move, she angered fiscal conservatives, taking Alberta back into long - term debt expected to reach $ 21 billion by 2017 to pay for new schools and health clinics.

Second, our national debt is a long - term problem, not an immediate crisis.

You can refinance expensive debt and trim thousands from your monthly budget by securing a long - term, low - rate loan like the one you should've taken in the first place.

The Company defines net debt as total debt less the total of cash, cash equivalents and current and long - term marketable securities.

The troubled drugmaker said it had lowered its debt by $ 1.3 billion in the latest quarter, and that its long - term debt was $ 28.54 billion as of March 31.

Chris Hurt, a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., said in a recent presentation that the U.S. Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (that is, the practice of issuing money to buy long - term government debt) likely elevated U.S. farmland prices.

It used the proceeds to bring long - term debt and obligations down to $ 2.03 billion at the end of the quarter from $ 2.41 billion three months earlier.

Though it requires a larger upfront investment compared to starting something from scratch or conducting a traditional job search, buying a business can provide you and your family long - term security while paying you an immediate salary, covering your bank debt and providing a small cushion to grow the business.

Orr has said long - term debt was more than $ 14 billion and could be between $ 17 billion and $ 20 billion.

The company is carrying no long - term debt.

Longer term, it would mean missing the stated 2021 target of reducing the national debt - to - GDP to 25 per cent by only a single percentage point.

After those two leveraged buyouts, Neiman carries long - term debt of $ 4.55 billion, on which it paid $ 289.9 million in interest last year.

At the end of last year the company had a total of $ 9.5 billion in long - term debt.

Current liabilities include notes payable on lines of credit or other short - term loans, current maturities of long - term debt, accounts payable to trade creditors, accrued expenses and taxes (an accrual is an expense such as the payroll that is due to employees for hours worked but has not been paid), and amounts due to stockholders.