troubles

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We don’t fully trust his “too big to fail” employer to continue paying the monthly pension at the current rate, given their recent financial troubles.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Around 1990, Coe’s contract with Columbia ended and amid personal troubles including a divorce and trouble with the IRS, his Key West, Fla., home was seized.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

These prospects appear to have outweighed its ongoing financial troubles, boosting shares 84% this year against a 4.7% gain for the S&P 500.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Sales also suffered because of increased competition from Qualtrics, another private-equity owned software company with debt troubles of its own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

By being on the spot, troubles are seen at their birth and can be quickly remedied; not being there, they are heard about after they have grown up and there is no longer any remedy.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli