Michelle Cheng is a Growth and Product journalist at Quartz and Inc. She specializes in finance, investment, and financial technology, covering themes such as alternative investments, asset management, and global markets. Michelle's work has been featured in notable publications including SAPIENS, Lexology, Yahoo Finance, and Bloomberg News.
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More than a quarter of the country’s private colleges are at risk of closure or facing serious financial pressure
By: Michelle Cheng, Gowri Gurumurthy
(Bloomberg) -- A data center tied to CoreWeave Inc. is set to get funding from a $850 million junk-bond sale by Elk Grove Village Property LLC, which
By: Michelle Cheng, Gowri Gurumurthy
Shutterfly has sweetened terms on a portion of a critical debt refinancing, in a bid to assuage investors spooked by potential AI disruption and widening losses.
(Bloomberg) -- When Michaels Cos. tapped a new CEO in early 2025, the company's chairman, 25-year Apollo Global Management Inc. veteran Andrew Jhawar heralded the moment as "an exciting period of opportunity" for the retailer.
By: Gowri Gurumurthy, Aaron Weinman, Michelle Cheng
TeraWulf Inc. is preparing to raise about $3.5 billion in debt to build a data center campus in Kentucky, including its first-ever foray into the leveraged loan market.
By: Michelle Cheng, Aaron Weinman
Privately owned fast-food chain Whataburger said earnings in the first quarter rose 10% from a year ago, even as concerns mount that higher energy costs will weigh on consumer spending and drag sales lower.
By: Aaron Weinman, Rachel Graf, Michelle Cheng
Gainwell Technologies LLC is in discussions with investors to replace almost $5.7 billion of leveraged loans, a deal that would be the biggest refinancing from the beleaguered US software industry this year.
By: Dawn Lim, Michelle Cheng
Power utilities across the US are already strained from AI data centers. But they’re increasingly facing an even bigger threat: that developers will be forced to walk away from projects, leaving households on the hook for massive infrastructure bills.
By: Dawn Lim, Michelle Cheng
POWER utilities across the US are already strained from AI data centers. But they're increasingly facing an even bigger threat: that developers will be forced to walk away from projects, leaving households on the hook for massive infrastructure bills.To minimize that risk and get utilities on board with projects, data center operators are tapping banks to guarantee the full costs of the AI buildout will be paid for.
By: Gowri Gurumurthy, Michelle Cheng
EQT-backed EdgeConneX Inc. is considering raising as much as $4 billion of debt for a data center project in Texas, according to people familiar with the matter.
