US companies are barreling towards a $1.8 trillion wall of maturing corporate debt | How Yellow’s Downfall Is Rippling Through the Economy | What It Takes to Run a Great Virtual Meeting

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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium US companies are barreling towards a $1.8 trillion wall of maturing corporate debt - Markets Insider    US firms are barreling towards a giant wall of corporate debt that's about to mature over the next few years, Goldman Sachs strategists said in a note on Monday. The investment bank estimated that $7.9 billion of corporate debt was set to mature in 2024, followed by $1.07 trillion of debt maturing in 2025. That amounts to $1.8 trillion of debt reaching maturity within the next two years, in addition to another $230 billion that will reach maturity by the end of this year, Goldman strategists said. The wave of debt that will need to be refinanced could spell trouble for companies, as interest rates have been raised aggressively by the Fed over the last year. The Fed funds rate is now targeted between 5.25%-5.5%, the highest range since 2001. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � How Yellow’s Downfall Is Rippling Through the Economy - WSJ    Freight carrier Yellow shut down operations after 99 years in business. Here's how ballooning debt and a standoff with the Teamsters union led to Yellow's downfall. Photo: George Walker IV/Associated Press The collapse of one of America's largest trucking companies is reverberating across the economy, from domestic shipping and real-estate markets to Wall Street.  Yellow was a $5.2 billion business as recently as last year when it moved around 50,000 shipments a day in a trucking network that made it a fundamental part of the supply chains of hundreds of U.S. companies.  Continued here What It Takes to Run a Great Virtual Meeting - Harvard Business Review    Not being able to work together in the same room with colleagues may become a major challenge due to the coronavirus outbreak. To make virtual meetings work, you might need to adjust how your team conducts them. Prioritize video, but offer a dial-in option. Test the technology ahead of time and make sure faces can be seen. Follow general meeting best practices, such as having a clear objective and circulating an agenda. Minimize presentation length, use an icebreaker to get everyone talking, assign a facilitator, call on participants, and capture real-time feedback via polling systems to make sure all voices are heard.  Don’t be afraid to tackle tough issues. And remember to do a practice run while you’re still together. A small investment in preparedness now could have a huge impact if that time comes. As companies scramble to protect employees from the spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and remote work arrangements, there’s a distinct possibility that in-person meetings with teams, customers, or suppliers may be canceled for days — or potentially weeks. Under the best of circumstances, as soon as one or two attendees “dial in” to any meeting, productivity starts to suffer.  There’s a long list of reasons. Attendees often interpret virtual meetings as a license to multi-task. Meeting organizers tend to be less careful with the purpose and design of the conversation. And it’s not uncommon for one or two attendees to dominate the discussion while others sit back and “tune out.” Continued here

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