liabilities
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“She’s gonna have to broaden her focus to issues related to public safety, homelessness. Obviously, we both agree that city liabilities need aggressive proactive risk management,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Last year, the City Council and mayor declared a fiscal state of emergency as they faced a $1-billion deficit due to revenue shortfalls as well as increased liabilities from the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
One of the most important elements from Friday’s release was the intention to settle the remaining liabilities from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in full, which is equivalent to around $5 billion post-tax, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Anthropic’s red ink arose mainly from marking up the value of liabilities on its balance sheet, a process that produces losses on the income statement much like marking down an asset’s value does.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
One man’s liability had always been another man’s asset, but now more and more of the liabilities could be turned into bits of paper that you could sell to anyone.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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