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The state’s credit rating has been upgraded nine times during Pritzker’s tenure, from a low point of being one step above junk bond status.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
To buy Neiman’s last year and transform the business, Saks sold $2.2 billion of junk bonds — upsizing from an initial $2 billion given interest in the market.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
High yield corporate bonds, often called junk bonds, are issued by companies with weaker credit ratings that are theoretically more at risk of suffering losses in bankruptcy.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 17 June 2025
Bondholders, meanwhile, have soured on debt the company raised just six months ago, trading some of the $2.2 billion in junk bonds used to fund the Neiman’s acquisition down to as low as 38 cents on the dollar.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
To buy Neiman’s last year and transform the business, Saks sold $2.2 billion of junk bonds — upsizing from an initial $2 billion given interest in the market.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
High yield corporate bonds, often called junk bonds, are issued by companies with weaker credit ratings that are theoretically more at risk of suffering losses in bankruptcy.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 17 June 2025
Bondholders, meanwhile, have soured on debt the company raised just six months ago, trading some of the $2.2 billion in junk bonds used to fund the Neiman’s acquisition down to as low as 38 cents on the dollar.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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“Junk bond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk%20bond. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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