All the acquisitions mean a high debt-to-capital ratio of 49%, versus 35% for peers.
As of now, there have not been many negative consequences associated with high debt.
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The company has struggled with high debt and the wider downturn in the global travel sector.
Using big loans to finance expansion, it has a sky-high debt-to-equity ratio of more than 300%.
Years of low savings rates sent Americans into the Great Recession with record high debt levels.
The gains from austerity measures could be swallowed up by such a high debt premium.
The company has struggled with high debt levels and the wider downturn in the global travel sector.
The government struggles with high debt interest payments, a bloated civil service, and historically high budget deficits.
Kansas City's high debt was cited by Fitch Ratings in February when it warned of a potential downgrade.
Reinhart cites other studies suggesting high debt does stunt growth, while acknowledging it can go the other way.
Analysts also point to the high debt levels, as a cause for concern.
Historically, Bunge has had high debt but the company is paying it down.
Meanwhile the west is seen as having serious issues, such as high debt levels and workforces that need retraining.
Emerging economies with large current-account deficits and high debt-service burdens are most vulnerable.
The Capitals, who suffer from low attendance, play in the new MCI Arena, which is already saddled with high debt.
Its position was worsened by the fall in overall bookings by cash-strapped UK consumers, and the company's high debt levels.
High debt levels and a scandal last year involving CEO Aubrey McClendon have also soured investor sentiment towards the stock.
Korean automakers, therfore, are not likely to be terribly attractive to buyers given their own high debt and underutilized plant.
They further suggest that the negative growth rate effect of high debt may start from levels of around 70-80% of GDP.
Because the U.S. is a high-cost, high tax, high debt economy, competing against cheaper economies less burdened by debts and taxes.
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This makes sense because high debt levels, poor margins and slow rates of asset turnover are all signs of higher risk.
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The airwaves have been flooded with gloomy forecasts from business leaders who are focused on the fiscal cliff and high debt levels.
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The firm's shares have fallen by 60% in the past 12 months, as it has struggled with tumbling profits and high debt.
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Bucksbaum, who learned the real estate business from his father and uncle, has been criticized for using high debt just as they used to.
He has been vocal in his opposition to the ECB's policy of stepping in to buy government bonds from countries with high debt levels.
Governments should not start to cut spending until next year, the IMF said, apart from those countries with high debt levels that needed addressing now.
Though it trades at seven times current earnings, a quarter of its 1996 price high, Nomura's Potter is wary of the company's high debt levels.
Fears rose that the crisis could spread to other European countries with high debt levels, and global stock markets began to decline on the concerns.
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Italy has a high debt to GDP ratio: this is fine, as long as Italy can grow faster than the interest accumulates on the debt.
High debt and low, stagnant returns make LUV risky to investors.
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