"Management may look to exit parts or all of its international operations to reduce losses and to raise cash, " said Singer Capital Markets analyst Mark Photiades.
Colleges give students a laundry list of rights and responsibilities when they enter and exit, but too few offer any real debt management counseling to alumni.
Bank of America used its January acquisition of Merrill Lynch as an excuse to comb through its operations for businesses to exit, and now it finally has a buyer for part of its Columbia Management fund group.
Fifty Delaware National Guard troops were called up as emergency management officials urged some coastal residents in that state to evacuate, saying flooding would cut off exit routes.