The latest deals leave the American International Group with no obvious sales to raise the money to pay the rest of its debt, roughly $50 billion, to the U.S.
An analysis of U.S. federal documents showed that many Camrys built before 2007 — and not covered in recent recalls — were linked to speed control problems.
Growth in manufacturing and part-time employment raised hopes despite the loss of 20,000 more nonfarm jobs in January. The jobless rate fell to 9.7 percent.
As traditional banks have spurned small businesses, many have turned to firms that provide a relatively expensive alternative: purchase-order financing.
Every era needs an emblematic tycoon, and for the age of the Great Recession, you couldn’t do better than Peter M. Brant, a media billionaire facing a very public divorce.
