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People are so used to associating debt with negativity. Borrowing money to reach a goal is actually a good thing: A student loan, mortgage or small business loan is an investment in your future.

New accounting standards on how hospitals report bad debt expense will improve hospital balance sheets and the comparability of some financial metrics, according to a report from Fitch Ratings. Health ...

Bad debt can also affect your credit. Your credit utilization, which is the percentage of your available credit that you're using, plays a major role in your credit score. High balances and maxed-out ...

Financial performance among U.S. hospitals improved toward the end of this year’s second quarter — but there are still concerning gaps between the highest- and lowest-performing organizations, ...

Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s first quarter earnings fell 20.5% reflecting mainly higher bad debt expenses, despite an estimated 2% rise in revenues. Higher salary and other expenses ...

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(Reuters) - Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp reported lower quarterly earnings, as higher bad debt expense and other costs dragged on profits in a still-weak economy, and its shares slumped ...

While there were a few bright spots in no-moat Macerich's first-quarter results, we ultimately view the company's bottom-line numbers as disappointing compared with our expectations. Total occupancy ...

When companies do business on credit, they have accounts payable and accounts receivable. They represent accrued revenues and debts that will eventually come due. But what happens when your accounts ...