Mark Kalinowski has been a credit counsellor for nearly 14 years, helping people of all generations manage their debt. But this year, more than a quarter of the clients he saw in his Calgary office were under the age of 35.

“They’ll come in and sometimes they’ll cry, sometimes they’ll be angry, they’ll be very, very frustrated because they don’t know why their life’s on hold,” said Kalinowski.

The Credit Counselling Society — the debt management non-profit where Kalinowski works — served more 18-to-34-year-olds in 2025 than at any other point in its history, its spokesperson told CBC News.

Many have a mountain of student loans. Some are facing the daunting task of managing a credit card for the first time. Still others are navigating…

Mark Kalinowski has been a credit counsellor for nearly 14 years, helping people of all generations manage their debt. But this year, more than a quarter of the clients he saw in his Calgary office were under the age of 35.

“They’ll come in and sometimes they’ll cry, sometimes they’ll be angry, they’ll be very, very frustrated because they don’t know why their life’s on hold,” said Kalinowski.

The Credit Counselling Society — the debt management non-profit where Kalinowski works — served more 18-to-34-year-olds in 2025 than at any other point in its history, its spokesperson told CBC News.

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Many have a mountain of student loans. Some are facing the daunting task of managing…

The US firm behind the Roomba smart vacuum cleaner, iRobot, has filed for bankruptcy protection after facing competition from Chinese rivals and being hit by tariffs.

Under the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main manufacturer of its devices, Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics, will take ownership of the firm.

The tough commercial landscape had forced iRobot to cut its prices and make major investments in new technology, according to documents filed on Sunday.

US import duties of 46% on goods from Vietnam, where most of iRobot’s devices for the American market are made, increased its costs by $23m (£17.2m) this year, the firm said.

The loss-making company was valued at $3.56bn in 2021 after the pandemic helped to drive strong…

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Updated: 14 December 2025 (Sunday) — Singapore markets are closed today, so the latest official price referenced in this update is Keppel Ltd’s last close on Friday, 12 December 2025.

Keppel Ltd (SGX:BN4) ended the week with a sharp Friday rebound, closing at S$10.22 on 12 Dec 2025. The move capped a choppy five-session stretch where the stock dipped midweek before snapping back into the weekend. ^[1]

Under the hood, company-specific headlines were more about capital management and housekeeping than blockbuster deals: Keppel continued filing daily on-market share buyback notices, and it also disclosed a members’ voluntary liquidation of three wholly-owned subsidiaries as part of its ongoing streamlining. ^[2]

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They were once debt-free and living in a paid-off mobile home. But years later, this couple, that’s approaching their 70s, is now buried under $46,000 in debt and wondering what went wrong.

From Financial Peace To Financial Strain

Hannah, 69, called into “The Ramsey Show” to speak with personal finance experts Dave Ramsey and Jade Warshaw about her and her husband’s current financial struggles. “In 2016 we went through your university program and in 2017 we became debt-free and were able to purchase our mobile home debt-free,” she said.

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But since then, things unraveled. Hannah admitted they opened 13 credit cards and took out three major personal loans. “We were paying off the credit cards to pay off the credit…

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