Money Snatchers

Centerline Capital Group said Monday it has completed a series of deals that allows the real estate asset management firm to substantially restructure its outstanding debt.

President Obama’s proposed budget would add more than $9.7 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, congressional budget analysts said Friday.

China remained the top holder in the ballooning US debt last year, revised data showed, after earlier indications it had been eclipsed by Japan drew speculation about Beijing’s motives.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a swipe at Alan Greenspan today, saying the former Federal Reserve chair’s “outrageous” advice led to a ballooning national debt that Clinton said is now a threat to national security.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Thursday that the record US budget deficit and national debt are matters of national security rather than just economics.

Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it upgraded ArvinMeritor’s main debt after the auto parts supplier announced plans to raise money through the sale of debt and stock to the public.

Private equity giant Blackstone Group has come to an agreement to restructure its Hilton hotels chain debt, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.

The Greek press has started naming names as it looks for the culprits betting against its debt and the euro, and its accusation has been taken up by the blogosphere.

The global appetite for US financial assets slowed markedly in December, and demand for federal debt fell by a record amount as China dumped more than $34 billion in American IOUs, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.

Greece’s economy shrank more than feared last quarter and the government on Friday sharply revised down its figures for the previous three quarters as well, increasing doubts about its ability to resolve its debt crisis.