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WELLINGTON – New Zealand has strong reason to fervently hope that debt-laden Greece never goes bankrupt as a fresh crisis in global financial markets would be a real blow to recovery for the earthquake-hit country.
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Asian markets dropped Monday amid fears of a spreading European debt crisis after a ratings agency placed Italian banks on a review for a possible downgrade.
Continue ReadingPosted on June 24, 2011 by
From NBC's Shawna Thomas and Carrie Dann A day after his second-in-command pulled out of bipartisan debt talks, House Speaker John Boehner delivered a direct challenge to the White House and said flatly that the House …
Continue ReadingPosted on June 12, 2011 by
Debt collectors are well aware that they are not a sympathetic lot, but the industry trade association has begun a charm offensive.
Continue ReadingPosted on March 23, 2011 by
Europe’s debt market jitters flared up again Wednesday as investors worried about the near-term fates of Portugal and Ireland, an ill omen on the eve of a summit where EU leaders plan to complete their crisis-fighting plan.
Continue ReadingPosted on March 21, 2011 by
You may still be liable for a bad debt even after it drops from your credit report.
Continue ReadingPosted 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.
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GE, Citi, B. of A., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman got more than $200 billion in debt guarantees from the government
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Everybody’s talking about debt.
Continue ReadingPosted 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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