One of the most lucrative money-making machines in the world of finance is all clogged up, threatening a year of pain for Wall Street banks and private-equity barons as a decade-long deal boom goes ...

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For years, warnings about government deficits and borrowing sounded abstract. It was an afterthought – something for TV pundits and bond traders. Now the numbers are big enough, and the interest bills ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Georgia-based slot machine operator Lucky Bucks filed for bankruptcy Friday, saying that it had reached a deal to cut $500 million in debt and turn over the company's equity to ...