Money Snatchers

A debt counseling center has voiced concerns that football gambling during the World Cup may leave more people in debt despite a falling-off in cases in the first half of the year.

A debt counseling center has voiced concerns that football gambling during the World Cup may leave more people in debt despite a falling-off in cases in the first half of the year.

The US public debt topped 12 trillion dollars for the first time in history, Treasury officials disclosed Tuesday, moving past a key barrier that raised hackles in Congress.

SafeStart aims to reduce the fear of debt that might keep 18-year-olds from borrowing for school in the first place.

Aug. 7 — Investor demand for emerging-market bonds is driving the cost of insuring against debt defaults below industrialized governments for the first time.

May 11 — Bill Gross , manager of Pacific Investment Management Co.’s $150 billion Total Return Fund , reduced his holdings of U.S. government debt last month for the first time since January.