Money Snatchers

Financial markets are knocking down a wall of debt maturity that has endangered the U.S. economic recovery and threatened to push more companies into bankruptcy, according to an investment firm report on Tuesday.

HONG KONG – Asian debt spreads widened for a second straight session on Tuesday, as expected new supply kept investors from adding bonds to their portfolios, while weak stock markets further fanned risk aversion.

Partly-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland is planning a major debt restructuring, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Partly-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland is planning a major debt restructuring, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

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.

The Fitch rating agency downgraded Greek long-term debt ratings on Tuesday, saying the outlook for Greek public finances was negative, marking the second such rating blow for Greece in two days.

— Bondholders and creditors have begun mobilising in response to Dubai World’s $26bn restructuring plans, as Dubai’s ruler on Tuesday sought to reassure investors that his debt-laden emirate’s economy remained sound.

Officials in the United Arab Emirates tried Tuesday to calm investors and the public over the Dubai World debt crisis, and the company itself said it was seeking to renegotiate only the obligations held by its troubled real estate …

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.

Dow Chemical said Tuesday that it had priced a $2.75 billion public debt offering, and would use the proceeds to help repay a loan used to acquire smaller rival Rohm & Haas for $16.5 billion earlier this year.