Money Snatchers

Aug. 30 — Africa Israel Investments Ltd.

I respect Jim Hamilton a lot, so I take his criticism seriously — and he raises questions that others raise too about my relatively sanguine assessment of the debt situation. Yet I think that he and others are quite wrong, …

Michel Platini, the president of the governing body for European football, has revealed plans to bring in new financial regulations to prevent clubs spending beyond their means in a bid to curb the debt within football.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the owner of the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn., said on Wednesday that it is seeking to restructure its debt, as casinos worldwide grapple with slumping business.

Michelle Minton was crying as she listened to a man tell her she’d be arrested within the hour if she didn’t pay a $4,400 debt.

CHICAGO — Retirement is no longer the debt-free zone it used to be.

Inflation or deflation… economy bad, economy better… it’s a massive ball of confusion, so let’s see if we can very simply take a look at the BIG picture.

Two large Philadelphia daily newspapers hope to emerge from bankruptcy debt-free by paying creditors $37 million in cash plus real estate to settle nearly $400 million in debt.

Credit card balances are falling across the nation as lenders tighten credit and consumers pare back debt. But in areas hit hard by housing problems or job losses, plastic is still a way of life.

Aug. 17 — Treasuries rose, pushing yields toward a two-week low, after Asian stocks fell and a gauge of demand for corporate bonds slid, increasing investor appetite for the relative safety of government debt.