insolvent

IPA: ɪnsˈɑɫvʌnt

Examples of "insolvent" in Sentences

DW-WORLD: Failed bond swap leaves Escada fashion label insolvent
Germany's insistence that in the medium term insolvent countries should have their debts restructured.
The city must also prove to a federal bankruptcy judge that it is technically insolvent, which isn't clear cut in Harrisburg's case, legal experts say.
What we appear to be doing is propping up insolvent banks, which remain insolvent, until the situation becomes sufficiently dire again that they need more taxpayer funds.
Tribune's exit from bankruptcy has been delayed in part by claims that investor Sam Zell 's $8.2 billion leveraged buyout of Tribune in 2007 was flawed and rendered the company insolvent from the start.
My reading of most of the comments here is that stockholders in insolvent enterprises – i.e., holders of worthless assets – should expect to paid market value - i.e., nothing – if the government nationalizes the enterprise.
If this is indeed the way in which the stress tests play out in the end, then the Obama administration will have missed a golden opportunity to label insolvent banks as such, and thereby justify taking them over and breaking them up.