By James B. Kelleher, Reuters
A record number of Americans filed to wipe out their debts this year ahead of the autumn implementation of a tough new bankruptcy law. That surge in filings forced U.S. credit-card issuers like Citigroup and Capital One Financial to report a huge jump in uncollectable debts in the third quarter and to warn the losses would bleed into the fourth quarter.
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