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Brazil’s Weak Recovery: The FRISK® Score Identifies Troubled Companies

Brazil, the eighth-largest economy in the world, has experienced an anemic recovery from its 2014 recession. Amid currently poor business conditions, corporations with high financial risk should be carefully monitored.

Bankruptcy Case Study
Westmoreland coal mine
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Westmoreland Coal Company

U.S.-based mining outfit Westmoreland Coal Company filed for Bankruptcy in Oct. 2018, unable to service it's debt load once loanable collateral had been exhausted.

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Assessing Contraction Risk: The Technology Sector

A contraction in credit is not something that might occur: It will happen at some point. Risk professionals dealing with the technology sector are better off preparing now, while economic conditions are still strong.

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Neiman Marcus

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RetailDive: Neiman Marcus Reportedly in Talks to Restructure Debt

Ben Unglesbee of RetailDive leverages CreditRiskMonitor FRISK®️ score data to examine the current financial health of mega retailer Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC.

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Hovnanian & PulteGroup: Comparing Credit Risk with the FRISK® score

Certain residential homebuilders are performing adequately, like PulteGroup, Inc., while others like Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. remain severely exposed to credit risk.

Bankruptcy Case Study
Sears bankruptcy
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Sears Holdings Corporation

Iconic American department store operator Sears Holdings Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming easily the highest-profile casualty of the "Retail Apocalypse" to date.

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Fertilizer Industry Highlights Risk in China and India

When something stinks with public companies, we know best. The fertilizer market in both China and India are both rife with odious companies at heightened risk of bankruptcy.

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Media coverage of sales in retail

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MoneyWise: The Struggling Stores Most Likely to Go Belly-Up Next

Doug Whiteman of MoneyWise cites CreditRiskMonitor data to predict which publicly traded retailers might be the next to declare bankruptcy.

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Media coverage on crowdsourcing

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Inbound Logistics: Facing the Crowd

Inbound Logistics' Sandra Beckwith cites CreditRiskMonitor as a power user of crowdsourcing throughout the supply chain—from product design to final-mile delivery—to better assess risk.

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Media coverage of the debt bomb

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PYMNTS.com: Will Risky Supplier Financing Light the $1.3T Debt Bomb’s Fuse?

PYMNTS.com interviewed CreditRiskMonitor CEO Jerry Flum about the "ticking time bomb" of non-financial corporate debt worldwide in 2018 and what the future holds.

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Jones Energy at risk
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Jones Energy, Inc.

CreditRiskMonitor’s proprietary FRISK® score has Texas oil and gas company Jones Energy, Inc. (NYSE: JONE) at a "1," the highest probability of bankruptcy in the next 12 months.

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CreditRiskMonitor Announces Licensing Agreement with Morningstar Credit Ratings

CreditRiskMonitor today announced a new licensing agreement with Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) and a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc.