Debt Dropped From Credit Report Still Owed
Posted on March 21, 2011 by
You may still be liable for a bad debt even after it drops from your credit report.
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Debt ceiling: Danger ahead
Posted on March 17, 2011 by
The debt ceiling is one deadline lawmakers really can’t afford to blow.
Continue ReadingDebt Collectors And Generation Facebook
Posted on March 16, 2011 by
The debate is heating up about the means debt collectors are allowed to use to communicate with consumers. As a new generation enters the world of credit and debt — and inevitably some of them, collections — the 35 year-old rules about how these groups can interact could use an overhaul.
Continue ReadingMarkets applaud European debt crisis package
Posted on March 14, 2011 by
Markets have cheered a surprisingly broad European package of measures to tackle the government debt crisis that has over the past year threatened the existence of the euro currency.
Continue ReadingSouth Sudan sets conditions for north debt help
Posted on March 6, 2011 by
South Sudan will help the north get relief on around $38 billion in debt, as long as the north “cooperates” on a border dispute and other issues in the countdown to the country’s split, a southern official said.
Continue ReadingFDIC warns on end of giant debt guarantees
Posted on March 4, 2011 by
GE, Citi, B. of A., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman got more than $200 billion in debt guarantees from the government
Continue ReadingDebt ceiling: Battle heats up
Posted on March 3, 2011 by
Everybody’s talking about debt.
Continue ReadingConsumers dealing with debt collectors become stuck in a vicious cycle of lawsuits
Posted on February 27, 2011 by
The long-slumping economy has been a boon to debt collectors, yet it’s become an even bigger windfall for the lawyers who sue them. Federal laws designed to protect consumers from abusive and unscrupulous debt collectors have become the tool for the newest form of “slip-and-fall” lawsuit.
Continue ReadingTough part still ahead in debt marathon: ECB’s Weber
Posted on February 21, 2011 by
ECB policymaker Axel Weber said on Monday that debt-strained euro zone countries must make the most of the breathing space bought by aid measures and warned the hardest part of the reform process was still ahead.
Continue ReadingDebt reduction without default
Posted on February 18, 2011 by
Europe urgently needs to implement a market-based emergency program to deal with overly indebted countries, which would then act as a bridge to creating a major European Monetary Fund. 19 Feb 2011 12:04 AM
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